Thum Surname
Approximately 8,779 people bear this surname
Thum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 4,848 | 1:16,606 | 2,197 |
| Malaysia | 1,470 | 1:20,064 | 1,890 |
| United States | 1,010 | 1:358,870 | 32,025 |
| India | 261 | 1:2,938,948 | 88,721 |
| Cambodia | 245 | 1:63,213 | 2,000 |
| Brazil | 215 | 1:995,695 | 35,283 |
| Switzerland | 190 | 1:43,226 | 5,995 |
| Austria | 183 | 1:46,532 | 7,437 |
| England | 47 | 1:1,185,491 | 55,443 |
| Thailand | 46 | 1:1,535,616 | 206,021 |
| Australia | 44 | 1:613,539 | 43,545 |
| New Zealand | 35 | 1:129,381 | 15,740 |
| Taiwan | 35 | 1:669,850 | 4,860 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| Poland | 20 | 1:1,900,437 | 96,203 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Czechia | 15 | 1:708,898 | 64,682 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Finland | 10 | 1:549,670 | 32,186 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 246 | 1:204,141 | 17,685 |
The alternate forms: Thüm (82) are calculated separately.
Thum (2,092) may also be a first name.
Thum Demographics
Average Male Thum Height
175.79 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Thum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thum (Marathi: थुम, Oriya: ଠୁମ) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Thüm. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Thum? popularity and diffusion
Thum is the 57,665th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 830,111 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Thum live; 60 percent live in Western Europe and 59 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 164,554th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 2,092 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 4,848 people, or 1 in 16,606. In Germany Thum is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 31 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 28 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent are found. Barring Germany it is found in 50 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.
Thum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Thum has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 411 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 336 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Thum Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Thum surname are 15.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.89% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Thum earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.31% more than the national average, earning $46,302 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.05% more than the national average, earning $58,153 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thüm | 92 | 82 | / |
| Thumm | 89 | 3,729 | / |
| Tahum | 89 | 2,932 | / |
| Thume | 89 | 517 | / |
| Theum | 89 | 15 | / |
| Thoum | 89 | 14 | / |
| Thuim | 89 | 7 | / |
| Thumh | 89 | 7 | / |
| Thuum | 89 | 5 | / |
| Thumt | 89 | 3 | / |
| Thaum | 89 | 2 | / |
| Thhum | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tthum | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tum | 86 | 37,595 | / |
| Thoume | 80 | 60 | / |
| Thumme | 80 | 27 | / |
| Thumth | 80 | 1 | / |
| Theume | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tume | 75 | 12,202 | / |
| Toum | 75 | 11,204 | / |
| Teum | 75 | 1,946 | / |
| Tumm | 75 | 326 | / |
| Taum | 75 | 249 | / |
| Tuum | 75 | 35 | / |
| Tuim | 75 | 29 | / |
| Tumt | 75 | 6 | / |
| Tutm | 75 | 3 | / |
| Tuhm | 75 | 3 | / |
| Tusm | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ttum | 75 | 2 | / |
| Dtum | 75 | 1 | / |
| Htum | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tuym | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tumh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tumė | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thumová | 73 | 47 | / |
| Thumova | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tumme | 67 | 496 | / |
| Toume | 67 | 273 | / |
| Thoom | 67 | 244 | / |
| Teume | 67 | 41 | / |
| Taume | 67 | 36 | / |
| Tuime | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tuhme | 67 | 10 | / |
| Toumt | 67 | 7 | / |
| Tusme | 67 | 4 | / |
| Taumt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taumm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ttumd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toutm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teumm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thouheem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thtom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tummt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Htoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toumm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thomh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ddtum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toumh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ttoum | 67 | 1 | / |
Thum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thum in the Oriya language | ||
| ଠୁମ | thuma | - |
| Thum in the Marathi language | ||
| थुम | thuma | - |
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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 Thum
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