Sugum Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

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

Sugum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sugum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria401:4,428,569120,862
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Sugum (210) may also be a first name.

Sugum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sugum (Hindi: सुगुम, Oriya: ସୁଗୁମ) is found most in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sugum? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,255,512th most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Sugum live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 624,169th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, borne by 210 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 4,428,569. In Nigeria Sugum is most prevalent in: Yobe, where 100 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent reside and Malaysia, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sungum9185/
Shugum9135/
Sughum9112/
Suggum919/
Sugume917/
Sukgum912/
Sunggum839/
Sougoum834/
Sungoum834/
Soughum832/
Shungum831/
Suhngum831/
Sunghum831/
Suiggum831/
Sugun80373/
Sogum8040/
Jugum8037/
Sugom8011/
Cugum801/
Shunghum771/
Sungun73806/
Tjugum73168/
Suggun73122/
Susgun7361/
Djugum7350/
Suigun7341/
Shugom7310/
Sughun739/
Sugune736/
Shogum734/
Suggom734/
Sukgun733/
Suigom732/
Chugum732/
Shigum732/
Saugun732/
Zughum731/
Zungum731/
Sugund731/
Sugung731/
Sukgom731/
Seugom731/
Džugum731/
Zuegum730/
Shugun730/
Sunggun6710/
Sahugun679/
Soughun676/
Sunghun673/
Sungoun672/
Suihgun672/
Jougoum672/
Cougoum672/
Shoghum672/
Saungun671/
Seungun671/
Shughun671/
Sungaun671/
Sukgunt671/
Shoggum670/

Sugum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sugum in the Hindi language
सुगुमsuguma-
Sugum in the Oriya language
ସୁଗୁମsuguma-

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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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  • 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 Sugum
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