Thumm Surname

122,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,729 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Thumm Surname User-submission:

A name found throughout the word, originally derived from the Aramaic word meaning 'twin'.

Thumm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,8471:28,2773,724
United States5991:605,10749,190
Australia631:428,50333,982
Canada511:722,46357,796
Switzerland421:195,54617,263
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
France191:3,495,933219,029
Chile181:978,69319,774
India131:59,005,029552,550
Austria111:774,13064,097
England71:7,959,723202,100
Paraguay51:1,447,34911,454
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1271:395,42329,402

Thumm (68) may also be a first name.

Thumm Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A name found throughout the word, originally derived from the Aramaic word meaning 'twin'.

- mikeydino

Thumm Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thumm is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thumm? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 122,579th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,954,290 people. The last name Thumm is mostly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Thumm live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Germanic Europe. Thumm is also the 1,181,159th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 68 people.

This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 2,847 people, or 1 in 28,277. In Germany it is most frequent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 78 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent reside and Bavaria, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Germany it is found in 21 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.

Thumm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Thumm has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Thumm surname expanded 472 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 233 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Thumm Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Thumm last name are 4.49% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.26% registered with the political party.

The amount Thumm earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.43% less than the national average, earning $42,533 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.32% more than the national average, earning $55,308 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thumme9127/
Thum898,779/
Tumm89326/
Tahum802,932/
Thume80517/
Tumme80496/
Theum8015/
Thoum8014/
Thuim807/
Thumh807/
Thuum805/
Thumt803/
Thaum802/
Thhum801/
Teumm801/
Tthum801/
Toumm801/
Tummt801/
Taumm801/
Tum7537,595/
Thoume7360/
Toumme731/
Thumth731/
Theume731/
Tume6712,202/
Toum6711,204/
Tomm672,417/
Teum671,946/
Taum67249/
Thüm6782/
Thumová6747/
Tuum6735/
Tuim6729/
Tummová6710/
Tumt676/
Tusm673/
Tuhm673/
Tutm673/
Thumova672/
Ttum672/
Tuym671/
Dtum671/
Htum671/
Tumė671/
Tumh671/

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