Sørum Surname

256,222nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,539 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Sørum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sørum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1,5151:3,394304
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Srum (127) are calculated separately.

Sørum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sørum occurs in Norway more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Srum. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sørum.

How Common Is The Last Name Sørum? popularity and diffusion

Sørum is the 256,222nd most commonly used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 4,735,248 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sørum reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

Sørum is most widely held in Norway, where it is carried by 1,515 people, or 1 in 3,394. In Norway it is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 81 percent reside, Central Norway, where 7 percent reside and Western Norway, where 7 percent reside. Beside Norway this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 1 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.

Sørum Last Name Statistics demography

Sørum earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 0.74% less than the national average, earning 343,513 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Srum96127/
Shrum806,831/
Jørum8084/
Scrum8057/
Sroum809/
Åsrum806/
Sraum804/
Sreum801/
Schrum733,090/
Shroum7395/
Shrumm7378/
Sørung7311/
Shrume736/
Shrumn732/
Shraum730/
Crum6725,392/
Srun6720,020/
Zrum67189/
Srom67178/
Schrumm6793/
Srumova679/
Søraune679/
Schraum676/
Schruhm675/
Xrum671/
Shshrum671/
Schroum670/
Jrum670/
Shraumm670/
Schrumn670/

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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 Sørum
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