Tsum Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
South Africa

Tsum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tsum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria641:2,767,85688,308
Russia251:5,764,922242,644
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Tsum (30) may also be a first name.

Tsum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tsum (Russian: Цум) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsum? popularity and diffusion

Tsum is the 1,527,735th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. The surname Tsum occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of Tsum live; 47 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tsum is also the 1,911,214th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 30 people.

This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 2,767,856. In Nigeria Tsum is most prevalent in: Benue, where 98 percent live and Nasarawa, where 2 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 18 percent live and South Africa, where 16 percent live.

Tsum Last Name Statistics demography

Tsum earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 8.5% more than the national average, earning R 257,832 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tsume89297/
Tsuum8984/
Tsoum8939/
Tseum894/
Tsium891/
Tshum891/
Tshume80357/
Tsoume8021/
Tsuime801/
Tsutim801/
Thsume801/
Tsun751,923/
Tzum75589/
Tsom7554/
Dsum751/
Tschume7310/
Tsautim732/
Tsumova731/
Tsuisim731/
Tschuim730/
Tsung671,134/
Tsune67477/
Tchum6761/
Tsuin6760/
Tsuun6745/
Tshom6736/
Tsaun6733/
Tshun6725/
Tjaum6721/
Tsoun6712/
Tsunh6712/
Tszun678/
Tsund674/
Tsoumgne672/
Tsunk672/
Tsiun672/
Tjoum671/
Thsom671/
Dshum671/

Tsum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tsum in the Russian language
Цумcum-

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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 Tsum
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