Walnum Surname

1,214,709th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 193 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Walnum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walnum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States981:3,698,561204,970
Norway921:55,8948,011
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Walnum Last Name Facts

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

Walnum is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Walnum? popularity and diffusion

The surname Walnum is the 1,214,709th most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. The last name Walnum occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Walnum live; 51 percent live in North America and 51 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Walnum is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 98 people, or 1 in 3,698,561. In The United States Walnum is mostly concentrated in: Oregon, where 20 percent are found, California, where 12 percent are found and Connecticut, where 12 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 48 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Walnum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Walnum last name are 2.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.56% being registered with the party.

The amount Walnum earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 4.86% less than the national average, earning 329,248 kr per year and in United States they earn 14.09% less than the national average, earning $37,068 USD per year.

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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 Walnum
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