Shunmugum Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Shunmugum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shunmugum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340

Shunmugum (24) may also be a first name.

Shunmugum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shunmugum is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Shunmugum.

How Common Is The Last Name Shunmugum? popularity and diffusion

The last name Shunmugum is the 3,798,600th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Shunmugum reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 24 people.

The last name Shunmugum is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 2,167,108. In South Africa Shunmugum is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 96 percent reside and Gauteng, where 4 percent reside. Excluding South Africa it exists in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 7 percent reside.

Shunmugum Last Name Statistics demography

Shunmugum earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 17.2% more than the national average, earning R 278,520 per year.

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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 Shunmugum
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