Tranum Surname

434,913th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 790 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Tranum Surname User-submission:

The surname is based on the parish of the same name in northern Jutland, Denmark.

The name Tran(e) means 'crane' (the bird). The -um part is a Norse shortening commonly used in a number of town or village names in mostly western Denmark, Jutland, and means 'home'.

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Tranum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5301:683,88554,344
Denmark1161:48,6615,045
Norway821:62,7118,910
India211:36,526,923420,161
Austria191:448,18144,644
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:1,394,96375,931

Tranum (213) may also be a first name.

Tranum Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname is based on the parish of the same name in northern Jutland, Denmark.

The name Tran(e) means 'crane' (the bird). The -um part is a Norse shortening commonly used in a number of town or village names in mostly western Denmark, Jutland, and means 'home'.

Surnames based on a parish is in a Danish context mostly seen with an ancestor originating from a specific parish, that took the parish as surname on top of the common patronym, or more correctly was given the extra surname by the army.

Since the most common names and patronyms the state church approved of prior to about a 100-150 years ago, only number about 25-30, then the army needed an added byname to each soldier to tell them apart, so adding the name of the parish the soldier was from, was a fast way of doing it.

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Tranum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tranum (Hindi: तरन्नुम, Marathi: नुम, Oriya: ତାନୁମ୍) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tranum? popularity and diffusion

It is the 434,913th most widespread surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 9,224,742 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Tranum reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Tranum is also the 619,385th most numerous forename at a global level, borne by 213 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 530 people, or 1 in 683,885. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Tennessee, where 18 percent are found, Alabama, where 11 percent are found and Mississippi, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 15 percent are found and Norway, where 10 percent are found.

Tranum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tranum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tranum last name expanded 1,472 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tranum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tranum last name are 30.63% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 77.4% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Tranum earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 18.78% less than the national average, earning 281,069 kr per year and in United States they earn 6.37% less than the national average, earning $40,400 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Trainum92462/
Trannum92252/
Traynum92205/
Thranum9269/
Tranumn9227/
Trranum921/
Tranumm921/
Tranhum920/
Thrannum864/
Traynhum861/
Treasnum860/
Trenum83172/
Tranom834/
Tranun833/
Tronum830/
Traynom7772/
Tranung7730/
Treunum770/
Traynhom711/
Tranhuynh678/
Tranon675/
Trannon6275/
Traynon623/
Thranon621/
Treanon620/
Trainon620/
Tronon5015/

Tranum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tranum in the Hindi language
तरन्नुमtarannuma-
Tranum in the Marathi language
नुमnuma-
Tranum in the Oriya language
ତାନୁମ୍tanum50
ତନୁମtanuma50

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