Wum Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Wum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 127 | 1:64,202 | 8,352 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Wum (118) may also be a first name.
Wum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wum is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,484,726th most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Wum live; 90 percent live in Oceania Islands and 90 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wum is also the 859,937th most widely held first name globally, borne by 118 people.
The last name Wum is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 64,202. In Papua New Guinea Wum is most prevalent in: Jiwaka, where 56 percent are found, Madang, where 21 percent are found and Morobe, where 14 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 4 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
Wum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wum has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weum | 86 | 519 | / |
| Waum | 86 | 302 | / |
| Wume | 86 | 78 | / |
| Woum | 86 | 59 | / |
| Wuim | 86 | 5 | / |
| Wumk | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wujm | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wgum | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wumg | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wahum | 75 | 357 | / |
| Woume | 75 | 105 | / |
| Waume | 75 | 18 | / |
| Woumn | 75 | 10 | / |
| Wucem | 75 | 4 | / |
| Wusem | 75 | 2 | / |
| Wutim | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wumkc | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wheum | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wumme | 75 | 1 | / |
| Weume | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wusim | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wuimt | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bum | 67 | 8,918 | / |
| Wun | 67 | 4,396 | / |
| Wom | 67 | 338 | / |
| Vum | 67 | 70 | / |
| Wautem | 67 | 3 | / |
| Woumne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woumjz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whoume | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wum
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