Yaum Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

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

Yaum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yaum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1091:74,8059,807
Indonesia641:2,066,394128,621
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yaum (91) may also be a first name.

Yaum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yaum (Hindi: अयूम) is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Yaum.

How Common Is The Last Name Yaum? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,252,959th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 39,606,228 people. Yaum is predominantly found in Oceania, where 62 percent of Yaum live; 62 percent live in Oceania Islands and 62 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Yaum is also the 998,282nd most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 91 people.

The last name Yaum is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 74,805. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: East Sepik, where 42 percent live, Madang, where 32 percent live and East New Britain, where 7 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 35 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.

Yaum Last Name Statistics demography

Yaum earn less than half the average income. In Peru they earn 65.4% less than the national average, earning S/. 6,707 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yaume8945/
Yausm896/
Yaoum892/
Yaoume8049/
Yahoum809/
Hyaume802/
Yooaum801/
Yajjum801/
Yaucem801/
Aiyaum801/
Youm755,899/
Yaun753,816/
Yaom7592/
Iaum752/
Yóum751/
Hyahoum733/
Yahoume732/
Yaousim731/
Yaung673,052/
Youme67398/
Yautn67276/
Yaune67225/
Yajom6777/
Yaunk6751/
Yaoun6736/
Youmg6735/
Yaunt6732/
Yoeum6718/
Iaume679/
Youhm675/
Yaunc674/
Yohum674/
Youmt673/
Yojum673/
Yooum673/
Yaund672/
Jaoum672/
Hyaun672/
Yoyum671/
Jauom671/
Youmn671/
Ieaum671/
Joyum671/

Yaum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yaum in the Hindi language
अयूमayuma-

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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 Yaum
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