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

The last name Wolum occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolum? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,589,322nd most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 99 percent of Wolum reside; 99 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 99 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wolum is also the 1,143,416th most numerous forename on earth It is held by 72 people.

The last name Wolum is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 126 people, or 1 in 64,712. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Jiwaka, where 52 percent are found, Southern Highlands, where 47 percent are found and Morobe, where 1 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Wolum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wolum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wolum surname fell 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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