Wolum Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Wolum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 126 | 1:64,712 | 8,434 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Wolum (72) may also be a first name.
Wolum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wolum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wolum has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wolum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,589,322nd most common surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Wolum live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 99 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wolum is also the 1,143,416th most widespread forename on earth, held by 72 people.
This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 126 people, or 1 in 64,712. In Papua New Guinea Wolum is primarily concentrated in: Jiwaka, where 52 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 47 percent live and Morobe, where 1 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Wolum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wolum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wolum last name contracted 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woolum | 91 | 1,185 | / |
| Wollum | 91 | 471 | / |
| Woslum | 91 | 175 | / |
| Wolume | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wolhum | 91 | 0 | / |
| Woollum | 83 | 94 | / |
| Wooloum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wooluum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Woolume | 83 | 0 | / |
| Wollume | 83 | 0 | / |
| Wollhum | 83 | 0 | / |
| Wolom | 80 | 655 | / |
| Bolum | 80 | 361 | / |
| Walum | 80 | 229 | / |
| Volum | 80 | 23 | / |
| Welum | 80 | 14 | / |
| Wulum | 80 | 11 | / |
| Wolun | 80 | 2 | / |
| Woluchim | 77 | 1 | / |
| Woillume | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wallum | 73 | 489 | / |
| Bollum | 73 | 286 | / |
| Wullum | 73 | 245 | / |
| Vollum | 73 | 237 | / |
| Whalum | 73 | 179 | / |
| Volume | 73 | 152 | / |
| Walume | 73 | 84 | / |
| Wollom | 73 | 73 | / |
| Boloum | 73 | 15 | / |
| Wahlum | 73 | 10 | / |
| Welaum | 73 | 7 | / |
| Volyum | 73 | 7 | / |
| Walium | 73 | 6 | / |
| Woolun | 73 | 5 | / |
| Wollun | 73 | 2 | / |
| Boolum | 73 | 2 | / |
| Woolom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bolium | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wulium | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wolunk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whelum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Volium | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bouloum | 67 | 417 | / |
| Whellum | 67 | 97 | / |
| Woliung | 67 | 80 | / |
| Wollung | 67 | 10 | / |
| Waalumm | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wallium | 67 | 7 | / |
| Walloum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wotlung | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vouloum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bolhoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wheelum | 67 | 0 | / |
| Woollun | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wolhuin | 67 | 0 | / |
| Woollom | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wolum
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