Rump Surname

67,536th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,368 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Estonia

Rump Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Rumpe,' probably a nick, of Humphrey, the initials R and H being interchangeable in the nicks, of personal names; compare Hodge for Roger, Hick for Richard, or Hob for Robert.

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Rump Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4,8561:16,5792,192
United States1,1791:307,42928,245
England3461:161,03515,064
Netherlands2751:61,40810,565
Denmark2031:27,8062,876
Canada881:418,70036,754
Estonia841:15,7362,567
New Zealand721:62,8939,679
Australia641:421,80833,593
France401:1,660,568152,033
Papua New Guinea321:254,80434,943
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Colombia191:2,514,42513,479
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Ukraine91:5,058,077228,455
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Wales61:515,75523,171
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4121:59,1646,945
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4711:106,62110,696

Rump (92) may also be a first name.

Rump Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Rumpe,' probably a nick, of Humphrey, the initials R and H being interchangeable in the nicks, of personal names; compare Hodge for Roger, Hick for Richard, or Hob for Robert. The surname still lives in the counties where it is found six centuries ago.

Geoffrey fit Rumphar', Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

The above looks like Humphrey in full with 'R' for 'H'.

Casse Rumpe, Cumberland, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert Rumpe, of Cawston, Norfolk, 1521: History of Norfolk.

Although this derivation is satisfactory to a certain degree, it must not be forgotten that there is a well known German surname Rumpp. The two may have a common parent. Should that be the case, the above solution would have to be given up.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Teutonic) a nickname for a stumpy person [Middle English rumpe (occurring in this form as a surname in the 13th-cent. Hundred- Rolls and other records); Low German rump = Old Norse rump-r (whence Dano-Norwegian rumpe, Swedish rump(a) = Dutch romp (= Mod. High Ger. rumpf): one of the definitions of ‘rump’ in Geelmuyden’s ‘Engelsk Ordbog ’ (Christiania) is stump]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the Danish, Rump; from the German, Rumpe, Rumpf; from the Dutch, Rumpff; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Rump Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rump Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Rump (Hindi: रुंप) is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rump? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 67,536th most common surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 989,081 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Rump are found; 70 percent are found in Western Europe and 70 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Rump is also the 992,070th most prevalent forename globally, borne by 92 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 4,856 people, or 1 in 16,579. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 34 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 28 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 7 percent reside. Not including Germany this surname is found in 45 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent reside and England, where 5 percent reside.

Rump Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rump has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rump surname grew 250 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 16 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rump Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rump last name are 9.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.57% registered with the political party.

The amount Rump earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 32.65% less than the national average, earning R 160,044 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.18% less than the national average, earning $18,803,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.51% more than the national average, earning $46,390 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.9% more than the national average, earning $54,601 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rumpf898,375/
Rumph894,305/
Rumpe89781/
Rumps89229/
Rumpp89152/
Rumpt8967/
Rumpz8949/
Roump8934/
Ruimp8914/
Rhump897/
Rummp890/
Ruymp890/
Rumppe80107/
Roumph80106/
Roumpf8051/
Roumpz8028/
Rumphs8024/
Raumpz804/
Raumpe804/
Rumpfe803/
Rumpth803/
Raumph802/
Rumphe802/
Roumpe801/
Rumptt801/
Rumpph801/
Rumpfh800/
Reumph800/
Romp75914/
Rumb75839/
Rimp7515/
Runp756/
Rumpová7357/
Rumpova731/
Rompf671,349/
Rimpf67187/
Romph67107/
Ruimb67101/
Rzomp6772/
Rimpp6763/
Ruumb6721/
Roemp679/
Roomp677/
Runpf674/
Runph673/
Raumb671/
Runpe671/
Runpt671/
Runpz671/
Rhumv671/
Rhumb671/
Rumbs671/
Rumbz671/
Rimph670/
Runpp670/

Rump Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rump in the Hindi language
रुंपrumpa52.63
रूंपrumpa47.37

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