Wurum Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Wurum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
Wurum (33) may also be a first name.
Wurum Demographics
Average Wurum Salary in
United States
$20,429 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wurum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wurum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wurum is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wurum? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,580,327th most numerous surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. Wurum occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 70 percent of Wurum are found; 70 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 70 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Wurum is also the 1,807,719th most widespread given name world-wide, borne by 33 people.
This last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 209,070. In Papua New Guinea Wurum is most frequent in: Jiwaka, where 69 percent reside, Western Highlands, where 21 percent reside and East Sepik, where 10 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent reside and Brazil, where 7 percent reside.
Wurum Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wurum surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.
Wurum earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 52.65% less than the national average, earning $20,429 USD per year.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wurum
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