Chum Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 19
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 8
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Chum Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Chum family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 4
General Labourer 3
Iron Founder 2
Dress Maker 1
Laundress 1
Scholar 1
Seaman Merchant Service 1
Butler 1
Nurse 1
Navy 1
Farmer 1
Dairy Maid Domestic 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Chum

Name Census Frequency
William Chum 24
John Chum 17
Jane Chum 13
Mary Chum 13
Elizabeth Chum 10
George Chum 8
Charles Chum 7
Samuel Chum 6
Sarah Chum 6
Ann Chum 5
Hannah Chum 5
Henry Chum 5
Annie Chum 4
Catherine Chum 4
Eliza Chum 4
Emily Chum 4
Frederick Chum 4
Joseph Chum 4
Robert Chum 4
Thomas Chum 4
Edward Chum 3
Florence Chum 3
James Chum 3
Richard Chum 3
Sophia Chum 3

Chum Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Chim 75% 340
2 Chum 100% 246
3 Coham 60% 229
4 Cham 75% 165

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The surname Chum is the 2nd most popular variant of Chim.

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