Trum Surname

125,489th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,627 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Vietnam
Highest density in:
Vietnam

Trum Surname Definition:

(English) a descendant of a shortened form of one of the Anglo-Saxon Trum- names (Trumbald,Trumberht,Trumwine, etc.)[Old English trum, strong, firm] The Welsh trum, 'a ridge’, ‘summit’, has apparently had no surnominal influence.

Trum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Vietnam2,1821:42,459513
Netherlands3241:52,1218,934
Germany2841:283,47029,659
Ukraine2571:177,13124,282
United States2191:1,655,064110,387
Cambodia1501:103,2482,419
Russia451:3,202,735169,516
Belgium371:310,72035,739
Romania271:743,62550,353
Hungary231:426,79528,704
Sweden191:518,25037,550
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
France21:33,211,361423,184
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
England11:55,718,059489,080
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland121:311,9359,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States501:1,004,37459,252

Trum (3,002) may also be a first name.

Trum Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) a descendant of a shortened form of one of the Anglo-Saxon Trum- names (Trumbald,Trumberht,Trumwine, etc.)[Old English trum, strong, firm] The Welsh trum, 'a ridge’, ‘summit’, has apparently had no surnominal influence.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Trum Last Name Facts

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

Trum (Russian: Трум) occurs more in Vietnam more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Trum? popularity and diffusion

It is the 125,489th most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,009,249 people. The last name Trum is primarily found in Asia, where 65 percent of Trum live; 64 percent live in Southeast Asia and 60 percent live in Viet-Asia. It is also the 132,100th most widespread given name on earth, held by 3,002 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Vietnam, where it is carried by 2,182 people, or 1 in 42,459. In Vietnam it is most common in: Southeast, where 27 percent live, South Central Coast, where 19 percent live and Mekong River Delta, where 14 percent live. Beside Vietnam it occurs in 32 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 9 percent live and Germany, where 8 percent live.

Trum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Trum has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Trum surname increased 438 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Trum Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Trum surname is predominantly Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Trum surname are 13.7% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.47% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Trum earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 45.06% less than the national average, earning 190,135 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 10.92% less than the national average, earning R 211,680 per year and in United States they earn 19.22% more than the national average, earning $51,442 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Trumm891,496/
Traum891,140/
Troum89482/
Thrum89346/
Tørum89127/
Tærum8918/
Trume895/
Truhm893/
Truim892/
Trumg892/
Trumn891/
Trhum891/
Trumme80189/
Thraum8022/
Traume803/
Trutem801/
Troume801/
Thrume801/
Throum801/
Trun752,255/
Trom752,020/
Truń752/
Truttim7387/
Trumova7352/
Truchym7311/
Truchem738/
Truchim732/
Trung67121,516/
Thrun672,162/
Tromm67625/
Trund67544/
Traun67525/
Truhn67453/
Truin67353/
Trunt6773/
Trzun6751/
Treumova6737/
Trune6722/
Treun6719/
Troem6718/
Trumhová6718/
Troun678/
Traumova677/
Trummová676/
Trunn675/
Trunh673/
Trummova672/
Trhun671/
Trumhova671/
Dtrom671/
Troom670/

Trum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Trum in the Russian language
Трумtrum-

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