Shum 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 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 2
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 8
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 12
Norfolk 0
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 0
Worcestershire 8
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Shum Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shum family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
Park Butcher 2
Army Retired 1
Soldier 1
Butcher 1
Domestic Servant 1
Governess 1
Late Captain 1
Clergy Man 1
Curate Of Emborough 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Forge Man 1
Suhourer At Forger 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shum

Name Census Frequency
Emma Shum 11
Charles Shum 10
Frederick Shum 10
John Shum 10
Elizabeth Shum 8
William Shum 8
Arthur Shum 7
Annie Shum 6
Henry Shum 6
Sarah Shum 6
Mary Shum 5
Walter Shum 5
Ann Shum 4
Clara Shum 4
Laura Shum 4
Sydney Shum 4
Emily Shum 3
Gertrude Shum 3
Hannah Shum 3
Harry Shum 3
Jane Shum 3
Edith Shum 2
Eleanor Shum 2
Ernest Shum 2
Harriet Shum 2

Shum Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Asham 60% 1,399
2 Isham 60% 1,153
3 Sham 75% 626
4 Shum 100% 201
5 Shim 75% 117
6 Schumm 67% 104

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The surname Shum is the 4th most popular variant of Asham.

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