Wurom Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

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

Wurom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wurom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288

Wurom Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wurom occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wurom? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,057,639th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Wurom occurs mostly in Oceania, where 80 percent of Wurom reside; 80 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 80 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

This last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: East Sepik, where 83 percent are found and Jiwaka, where 17 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 13 percent are found and Hungary, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wouroum831/
Wourome831/
Burom80620/
Worom8085/
Wurum8056/
Vurom8026/
Wuram803/
Wirom802/
Wuron801/
Wouroume771/
Baurom7367/
Wurume7318/
Burhom7310/
Wirrom738/
Buroom734/
Worzom733/
Worrom733/
Vourom732/
Buirom732/
Wurham732/
Buroum731/
Woroim731/
Wutram731/
Burrom730/
Wurram730/
Wuitron6742/
Bouroum6711/
Bourhom674/
Wourzon673/
Vouroum672/
Vourgom672/
Bouhrom671/
Worzomh671/

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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 Wurom
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