Schums Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Schums Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schums Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Schums Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schums occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Schums.

How Common Is The Last Name Schums? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Schums occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Schums reside; 78 percent reside in Western Europe and 78 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 11,500,780. In Germany Schums is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.

Schums Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Schums has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schums last name contracted 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shums91947/
Chums917/
Scums915/
Schims8358/
Chumse832/
Schuns832/
Schoms832/
Shumsz831/
Chumst831/
Shumse831/
Shumms830/
Sums80399/
Chutims771/
Shumshe771/
Schunns770/
Saums73128/
Summs7356/
Chuns737/
Shoms734/
Sumns732/
Seums732/
Shumz731/
Chumz731/
Shuns731/
Ssums731/
Suyms731/
Shims731/
Susms731/
Suims730/
Sumst730/
Chautems71339/
Schuinst711/
Schoemsj711/
Schoutens67435/
Schunz679/
Chauns676/
Chunse672/
Chumch672/
Sucims671/
Soumsh671/
Schimz671/
Shauns671/
Shumshova671/
Schuttens671/
Shimms670/
Shouns670/
Chuins670/
Scheumche670/
Chunns670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Schums
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