Gum is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gum
No. of characters: 3
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gum

How popular is Gum?

Gum is common in United States.

Gum is ranked 44667 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gums plummeted by 7.361734 per cent to 2479 since 2000 and slipped by 1592 spots and ranked at 12504. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.66 88.64
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 4.28 6.65
Hispanic or Latino 2.34 1.49
Black 2.26 1.2
Others 1.9 1.68
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.56 0.34
Gum is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Sudan which signifies that it is originated from Sudan. Around 10795 people have been found who wears Gum as their family name. Gum is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
100,092 Spain9
16,722 Nigeria8
1,632 South Korea5
4,921 Uganda5
119,730 Brazil3
10,329 Pakistan3
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
124,220 Italy2
18,625 Japan2
18,035 Egypt2
50,640 Switzerland2
1,256 Myanmar2
34,572 Israel2
25,746 Finland1
30,360 Thailand1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
17,575 Kuwait1
16,283 Lithuania1
1,572 Macau1
9,498 Iceland1
7,847 Albania1
20,172 Hungary1
7,314 Bolivia1
66,560 Philippines1
8,268 Mauritius1
18,969 Wales1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
75,883 Canada37
8,214 Singapore35
2,558 China17
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
88,129 Indonesia92
2,858 Hong Kong83
56,298 England65
66,582 Argentina60
Countries with hundreds of Gum:
22,254 Germany471
61,770 India447
16,034 South Africa384
15,335 Algeria357
13,426 Kenya314
12,166 Australia227
27,627 Turkey175
13,194 Malaysia126
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Gum:
961 Sudan4,639
11,782 United States3,030
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Gum was 7 years old when he migrated to New-York during Irish famine on December 1, 1847 with Child Catherine Gum. He lived in Ireland where he worked as child and took Marmion from Liverpool.

Gum Namesakes

  • Agum Gumelar, Politician
  • Abubakar Mahmud Gummi, Author
  • Michele Gumabao, Volleyball player
  • Ruslan Gumar, Soccer player
  • Ad Gumbert, Baseball player
  • Gülşah Gümüşay, Basketball Player
  • Aditya Gumay, Film director
  • Gysta Gumilar Agustina Sunarya, Asep Sunandar Sunarya's son
  • Nikolay Gumilyov, Poet
  • Ami Gumelar, Zeke Khaseli's sister
  • Jeff Gum, from 2017 thriller flick The Forgiven, who portrayed Francois Schmidt.

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