Syum Surname

126,554th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,590 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Syum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Syum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia3,5421:27,5403,358
Indonesia281:4,723,186228,527
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Syum (2,208) may also be a first name.

Syum Last Name Facts

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

Syum is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Syum? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 126,554th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,029,957 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Syum live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 159,191st most common given name world-wide, held by 2,208 people.

Syum is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 3,542 people, or 1 in 27,540. Beside Ethiopia Syum exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found and Malaysia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seyum8911,872/
Syoum891,470/
Suyum89126/
Soyum8944/
Syume8918/
Shyum8910/
Seyoum80144,400/
Seyume804,507/
Saiyum8045/
Schyum8041/
Shuyum8020/
Sayyum8018/
Suyoum804/
Seyium804/
Seiyum804/
Seyhum801/
Souyum801/
Sheyum801/
Soyoum801/
Sium7532,167/
Säum7553/
Syun7544/
Cyum752/
Seyoume731,292/
Shaiyum734/
Shayyum732/
Sehyume731/
Sseyume731/
Syumova731/
Suyom673,584/
Suyun67635/
Seaum67541/
Süyüm67301/
Sayom67113/
Soyom6761/
Seyom6743/
Seyun6735/
Soium6735/
Seium6732/
Säume6723/
Shyun6716/
Sejum6715/
Soyun6711/
Shium6711/
Suyumova6710/
Siume6710/
Zuyum6710/
Sihum677/
Seeum676/
Sioum676/
Syung676/
Seoum676/
Sieum673/
Sojum672/
Hsyun671/
Sujom671/
Siumd671/
Sseyyume671/
Cyaum671/

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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 Syum
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