Segum Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Segum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Segum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
India61:127,844,230863,365
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
England31:18,572,686338,250
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Segum (49) may also be a first name.

Segum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Segum occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Segum click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Segum? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,543,123rd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. Segum is primarily found in Oceania, where 48 percent of Segum reside; 48 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 48 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Segum is also the 1,430,306th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 49 people.

This surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea Segum is most frequent in: Morobe, where 67 percent are found, National Capital District, where 20 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 7 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 19 percent are found and Cameroon, where 10 percent are found.

Segum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Segum has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seegum9171/
Seggum9112/
Saegum9110/
Segume912/
Segoum912/
Seigum911/
Seygum911/
Schegum831/
Seeghum831/
Shegume831/
Segun8021,643/
Sagum805,515/
Gegum80452/
Sigum8047/
Sogum8040/
Zegum8011/
Segom802/
Jegum802/
Cegum801/
Shenghum771/
Shegun731,074/
Segoun73329/
Saghum73137/
Seegun7359/
Shagum7334/
Sagoum7319/
Segund7316/
Zeghum7314/
Seguín7312/
Sigume739/
Saagum739/
Zegoum736/
Segune735/
Shogum734/
Sesgun733/
Sgegun733/
Geghum733/
Sighum733/
Saggum732/
Seagun732/
Shigum732/
Saigum732/
Seigun732/
Gehgum731/
Secgun731/
Zaegum731/
Seghun731/
Zeigum731/
Zeegum731/
Zeagum731/
Chegum731/
Ssagum731/
Siggum731/
Gegaum731/
Jeghum731/
Shegumova711/
Shegunc67230/
Segound6765/
Sahagum6722/
Zeghoum6719/
Szegunn6716/
Szeguhn6711/
Sieghom6710/
Segoune676/
Seingun676/
Chegoum675/
Shengun673/
Sekgune673/
Saighum672/
Shoghum672/
Zeighum672/
Suiggum671/
Djegoum671/
Segutin671/
Shegune671/
Shigume671/
Zeigoum671/
Schagum671/
Saingum671/
Zeggoum671/
Shagoum671/
Sihgoum671/
Saghuum671/
Segunne670/
Shoggum670/

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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 Segum
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