Thums Surname

245,794th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,619 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Germany

Thums Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thums Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil8511:251,5569,688
Germany3751:214,68124,254
United States2941:1,232,85487,287
Austria371:230,14727,778
England241:2,321,58686,519
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
France101:6,642,272293,169
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Thums Last Name Facts

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

Thums occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thums? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 245,794th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 4,501,264 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Thums are found; 53 percent are found in South America and 53 percent are found in Luso-South America.

Thums is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is borne by 851 people, or 1 in 251,556. In Brazil Thums is mostly concentrated in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 73 percent reside, Santa Catarina, where 16 percent reside and Paraná, where 6 percent reside. Beside Brazil this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 23 percent reside and The United States, where 18 percent reside.

Thums Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Thums has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Thums surname expanded 4,900 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Thums Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Thums last name are 30.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 84% being registered with the political party.

Thums earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.28% less than the national average, earning $42,165 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thumse914/
Thumss913/
Thoums913/
Thaums911/
Tums8917/
Thumsch833/
Tumse80109/
Thims8073/
Tumms8010/
Toums804/
Tumss803/
Tuhms801/
Taums801/
Tuims800/
Thumsová779/
Thumch7313/
Tumshe738/
Thomms734/
Thoems733/
Toumse732/
Thooms730/
Toms6718,745/
Tims676,356/
Thomsch6712/
Tumsova676/
Tumx671/

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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 Thums
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