Zum Surname
Approximately 871 people bear this surname
Zum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 228 | 1:776,942 | 34,923 |
| United States | 89 | 1:4,072,572 | 219,877 |
| Mexico | 77 | 1:1,612,029 | 16,852 |
| Tanzania | 74 | 1:715,427 | 40,832 |
| Guatemala | 71 | 1:226,516 | 3,997 |
| Germany | 57 | 1:1,412,376 | 87,104 |
| Indonesia | 53 | 1:2,495,268 | 147,726 |
| Austria | 46 | 1:185,118 | 23,639 |
| Netherlands | 39 | 1:433,005 | 44,158 |
| Brazil | 29 | 1:7,381,874 | 170,034 |
| Uruguay | 16 | 1:214,485 | 16,699 |
| Hungary | 11 | 1:892,389 | 45,166 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
The alternate forms: Züm (22) are calculated separately.
Zum (601) may also be a first name.
Zum Demographics
Average Zum Salary in
United States
$35,885 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Zum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zum (Tibetan: གཟུམ་) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Züm. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zum? popularity and diffusion
Zum is the 402,870th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 8,366,872 people. The surname Zum occurs predominantly in Africa, where 36 percent of Zum are found; 26 percent are found in West Africa and 26 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 340,957th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 601 people.
Zum is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 228 people, or 1 in 776,942. In Nigeria Zum is mostly found in: Benue, where 57 percent are found, Plateau, where 24 percent are found and Borno, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 44 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Mexico, where 9 percent are found.
Zum Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Zum last name are 26.91% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.68% registered with the political party.
Zum earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.83% less than the national average, earning $35,885 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Züm | 89 | 22 | / |
| Zuim | 86 | 866 | / |
| Zume | 86 | 601 | / |
| Tzum | 86 | 589 | / |
| Zaum | 86 | 523 | / |
| Szum | 86 | 428 | / |
| Zoum | 86 | 303 | / |
| Zumm | 86 | 101 | / |
| Czum | 86 | 44 | / |
| Zhum | 86 | 39 | / |
| Dzum | 86 | 28 | / |
| Zuum | 86 | 6 | / |
| Zuhm | 86 | 4 | / |
| Zumq | 86 | 2 | / |
| Xzum | 86 | 2 | / |
| Zeum | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hzum | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zumd | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zumc | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zumg | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zium | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dzhum | 75 | 486 | / |
| Zumne | 75 | 89 | / |
| Zoume | 75 | 75 | / |
| Zohum | 75 | 73 | / |
| Dzoum | 75 | 70 | / |
| Zutim | 75 | 30 | / |
| Zusim | 75 | 23 | / |
| Zeume | 75 | 11 | / |
| Dzume | 75 | 9 | / |
| Zaume | 75 | 8 | / |
| Zaumm | 75 | 6 | / |
| Zgoum | 75 | 4 | / |
| Hzoum | 75 | 4 | / |
| Zhume | 75 | 3 | / |
| Zumme | 75 | 2 | / |
| Zummd | 75 | 2 | / |
| Zoumd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zutem | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zzoum | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zummt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Czumt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hzumh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zoumt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sum | 67 | 84,485 | / |
| Cum | 67 | 66,409 | / |
| Xum | 67 | 2,023 | / |
| Jum | 67 | 1,829 | / |
| Zom | 67 | 1,825 | / |
| Zun | 67 | 958 | / |
| Šum | 67 | 72 | / |
| Zhaume | 67 | 15 | / |
| Zumova | 67 | 11 | / |
| Zeutem | 67 | 10 | / |
| Zuttim | 67 | 10 | / |
| Dzhumm | 67 | 5 | / |
| Şum | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zoumne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Śum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zhumdt | 67 | 1 | / |
Zum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zum in the Tibetan language | ||
| གཟུམ་ | zum | - |
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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 Zum
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