Sums Surname

727,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 399 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Bangladesh

Sums Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sums Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh3601:442,65811,259
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
United States71:51,779,848968,877
India51:153,413,076951,030
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
England11:55,718,059489,080
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Sums (537) may also be a first name.

Sums Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sums (Hindi: सुमस) is carried by more people in Bangladesh than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sums? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 727,600th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 18,264,526 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Sums are found; 92 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Sums is also the 363,820th most widespread forename throughout the world. It is borne by 537 people.

It is most frequently used in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 360 people, or 1 in 442,658. Beside Bangladesh it exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Sums Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sums has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sums surname declined 73 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 90 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sums Last Name Statistics demography

Sums earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 60.96% less than the national average, earning $16,844 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shums89947/
Saums89128/
Summs8956/
Scums895/
Sumns892/
Seums892/
Ssums891/
Suyms891/
Susms891/
Sumst890/
Suims890/
Schums809/
Soumsh801/
Shumse801/
Shumsz801/
Sucims801/
Shumms800/
Soms751,057/
Suns75887/
Cums7555/
Sumz754/
Sumx751/
Zums751/
Jums751/
Sussems7318/
Soumsse7311/
Sumsova732/
Shumshe731/
Jumse6743/
Zaums6740/
Zumse6731/
Sauns6714/
Sunse6713/
Suyns679/
Chums677/
Som's676/
Shoms674/
Suins674/
Sunns673/
Soems673/
Seuns672/
Somms672/
Cumsh671/
Jaums671/
Joums671/
Coums671/
Shumz671/
Shims671/
Souns671/
Shuns671/
Sooms670/
Cumms670/
Caums670/
Jumss670/

Sums Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sums in the Hindi language
सुमसsumasa-

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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 Sums
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