Wolum Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

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

Wolum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wolum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1261:64,7128,434
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woolum911,185/
Wollum91471/
Woslum91175/
Wolume911/
Wolhum910/
Woollum8394/
Wooloum831/
Wooluum831/
Woolume830/
Wollume830/
Wollhum830/
Wolom80655/
Bolum80361/
Walum80229/
Volum8023/
Welum8014/
Wulum8011/
Wolun802/
Woluchim771/
Woillume770/
Wallum73489/
Bollum73286/
Wullum73245/
Vollum73237/
Whalum73179/
Volume73152/
Walume7384/
Wollom7373/
Boloum7315/
Wahlum7310/
Welaum737/
Volyum737/
Walium736/
Woolun735/
Wollun732/
Boolum732/
Woolom731/
Bolium731/
Wulium731/
Wolunk731/
Whelum731/
Volium731/
Bouloum67417/
Whellum6797/
Woliung6780/
Wollung6710/
Waalumm679/
Wallium677/
Walloum671/
Wotlung671/
Vouloum671/
Bolhoum671/
Wheelum670/
Woollun670/
Wolhuin670/
Woollom670/

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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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