Tums Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tums Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tums Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Tums (14) may also be a first name.

Tums Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tums (Russian: Тумс) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tums? popularity and diffusion

Tums is the 4,772,636th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Tums is primarily found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Tums live; 76 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 14 people.

It is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 27,881,456. In The United States Tums is primarily concentrated in: Florida, where 38 percent reside, Virginia, where 31 percent reside and Washington, where 15 percent reside. Besides The United States Tums is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 6 percent reside and Iran, where 6 percent reside.

Tums Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tums has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tums surname declined 35 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tums Last Name Statistics demography

Tums earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 65.25% more than the national average, earning $71,304 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thums891,619/
Tumse89109/
Tumms8910/
Toums894/
Tumss893/
Tuhms891/
Taums891/
Tumns891/
Tuims890/
Tumshe808/
Thumse804/
Thumss803/
Thoums803/
Toumse802/
Thumns801/
Thaums801/
Toms7518,745/
Tims756,356/
Tuns75988/
Tumx751/
Tumsova736/
Thumsch733/
Timms6718,169/
Tooms67427/
Tiems67240/
Thuns67190/
Teuns67180/
Thims6773/
Touns6771/
Tomms6768/
Tumce6727/
Ttoms6718/
Timss6714/
Tunst6711/
Timsh679/
Thumsová679/
Tunås677/
Htims675/
Tuyns674/
Tunse673/
Toems671/
Tom's671/
Tümse671/
Tauns671/
Tunns670/
Tuins670/

Tums Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tums in the Russian language
Тумсtums-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Tums
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