Sumsum Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

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

Sumsum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sumsum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea221:370,62448,900
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086

Sumsum (679) may also be a first name.

Sumsum Last Name Facts

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

Sumsum (Hindi: सुमसुम) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sumsum? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,323,005th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 66 percent of Sumsum live; 66 percent live in Oceania Islands and 63 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Sumsum is also the 317,830th most commonly held forename in the world, held by 679 people.

Sumsum is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Morobe, where 50 percent reside, Madang, where 41 percent reside and New Ireland, where 5 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 17 percent reside and Indonesia, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Summsum921/
Shumsum921/
Soumsoum863/
Sumsom83136/
Somsum8326/
Sumsun835/
Sumjum832/
Soemsum774/
Sumsung772/
Soumsom771/
Sumsutin711/
Cumcum67106/
Somsom6791/
Jumjum6747/
Sunsun6730/
Sumson6719/
Sumjun671/
Shumshuin671/
Çumçum671/

Sumsum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sumsum in the Hindi language
सुमसुमsumasuma-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Sumsum
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