Sum is used as a family name or surname in Cambodia. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sum
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Cambodia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sum

How popular is Sum?

Sum is common in Cambodia.

Sum is ranked 10446 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Sums plummeted by 20.49356 per cent to 1482 since 2000 and slipped by 3962 spots and ranked at 18596. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
73.14 79.29
White 16.06 13.36
Hispanic or Latino 7.42 3.33
Others 1.96 2.74
Sum is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Cambodia which signifies that it is originated from Cambodia. Around 51451 people have been found who wears Sum as their family name. Sum is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
18,072 Azerbaijan9
7,646 Japan7
537 Myanmar6
12,103 Trinidad and Tobago4
14,126 Colombia3
635 Macau3
23,165 Romania3
5,909 Bangladesh3
8,296 Sri Lanka3
1,118 Isle of Man2
20,837 Venezuela2
10,211 Bulgaria2
8,593 Slovenia2
24,766 Scotland2
11,736 Lithuania2
28,232 Morocco2
4,744 Macedonia2
10,190 Bahrain1
15,162 Costa Rica1
25,721 Egypt1
12,741 Ecuador1
53,033 Nigeria1
31,584 Peru1
717 Bhutan1
28,746 Algeria1
846 American Samoa1
11,486 Estonia1
42,479 Greece1
6,149 Ethiopia1
11,510 Oman1
2,024 Mongolia1
9,591 Panama1
591 Samoa1
16,073 Latvia1
3,071 Jersey1
7,895 South Korea1
77,122 Sweden1
11,831 Tajikistan1
31,207 Ireland1
29,595 Iran1
1,818 Guernsey1
5,924 Paraguay1
573 Vanuatu1
2,211 Brunei1
25,746 Finland1
47,891 Norway1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
29,418 Czech Republic49
2,210 Thailand48
20,906 Israel47
7,279 Wales45
46,461 Netherlands40
6,551 Qatar39
40,421 Belarus27
46,826 Zimbabwe22
22,595 Moldova19
94,051 Kazakhstan19
94,038 Spain11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
600 China97
72,056 Italy78
12,440 United Arab Emirates76
22,440 Belgium74
45,171 Tanzania73
9,925 New Zealand69
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Sum:
13,857 Germany740
44,517 India715
6,600 Canada643
9,886 Poland621
25,252 Philippines516
25,060 Brazil493
15,386 Turkey419
870 Taiwan406
1,207 Uruguay367
3,442 Hungary360
16,723 England333
13,453 Saudi Arabia231
12,166 Australia227
25,372 Ukraine216
70,422 Russia184
19,046 Mexico183
28,748 Argentina179
2,043 Mauritius128
77,708 France122
43,624 South Africa110
Countries with thousands of Sum:
131 Hong Kong5,576
799 Malaysia4,250
782 Guatemala2,399
2,699 Kenya2,119
3,994 Pakistan1,634
19,868 United States1,620
8,378 Indonesia1,557
375 Singapore1,437
1,404 Vietnam1,391
Countries with ten thousands of Sum:
113 Cambodia21,302
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Anne Sum from Ireland aboard the Queen Of The West from Liverpool during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 60 years old when she arrived in USA on August 22, 1848.

Sum Namesakes

  • Shekhar Suman, Film actor
  • Tika Sumpter, Actress
  • Aayush Suman, Shekhar Suman's son
  • Stella Aba Suma Idun, Gifty Anti's mother
  • Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila, Politician
  • Aboubacar Sidiki Sumah, Actor
  • Patrick Summers, Conductor
  • John Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Amelia Summerville, Film actress
  • Donna Summer, Singer-songwriter

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