Sume Surname
Approximately 22,948 people bear this surname
Sume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 19,736 | 1:8,074 | 715 |
| Tanzania | 1,225 | 1:43,218 | 4,910 |
| Cameroon | 454 | 1:45,747 | 6,011 |
| Papua New Guinea | 334 | 1:24,412 | 2,686 |
| Indonesia | 308 | 1:429,380 | 36,011 |
| DR Congo | 287 | 1:257,420 | 24,363 |
| South Africa | 150 | 1:361,185 | 32,866 |
| United States | 85 | 1:4,264,223 | 227,504 |
| Brazil | 60 | 1:3,567,906 | 100,128 |
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| Peru | 43 | 1:739,166 | 16,774 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Finland | 28 | 1:196,311 | 16,703 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| Liberia | 21 | 1:209,930 | 13,691 |
| Haiti | 17 | 1:628,465 | 11,048 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Süme (2,749), Sumé (7), Šume (5) & Sumè (1) are calculated separately.
Sume (51,516) may also be a first name.
Sume Demographics
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Sume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sume Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sume (Bengali: সুমি, Hindi: सुमे, Marathi: सुमे, Oriya: ସୁେମ) occurs in Bangladesh more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Süme, Sumé, Šume or Sumè. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sume? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 23,617th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 317,568 people. The last name Sume is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Sume reside; 86 percent reside in South Asia and 86 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 18,043rd most commonly held forename worldwide It is held by 51,516 people.
The surname Sume is most prevalent in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 19,736 people, or 1 in 8,074. Apart from Bangladesh this surname exists in 41 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 5 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Sume Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sume has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sume Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sume last name are 18.45% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.22% being registered with the party.
The amount Sume earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 47.91% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,098 per year; in South Africa they earn 1.73% more than the national average, earning R 241,740 per year and in United States they earn 15.87% more than the national average, earning $49,997 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sume Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sume in the Bengali language | ||
| সুমি | sumi | - |
| Sume in the Marathi language | ||
| सुमे | sume | 90 |
| सुमेध | sumedha | 10 |
| Sume in the Hindi language | ||
| सुमे | sume | 79.31 |
| सूमे | sume | 6.9 |
| सुमेश | sumesa | 3.45 |
| सुमेऱ | sumera | 3.45 |
| सुमी | sumi | 3.45 |
| सूमी | sumi | 3.45 |
| Sume in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁେମ | suema | 77.27 |
| ଶୁେମ | suema | 9.09 |
| ସୁମୀ | sumi | 4.55 |
| ସୁମିର୍ | sumir | 4.55 |
| ସୁମି | sumi | 4.55 |
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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 Sume
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