Sum

See also: sum, súm, sʉm, šum, şum, -sum, сум, and шум

English

Etymology

• As a Chinese surname:
  • a pronunciation of 沈, see Shen.
  • Also Romanized from 岑 (cén) based on the Cantonese pronunciation, see Cen.
  • Variant Romanization of 覃, see Tan, Qin.
• As a Cambodian/Khmer surname, from the name ស៊ុំ (sum), possibly from the Chinese above.
• As a Slovene and Czech surname Šum, from šum (“noise”) or šum (“waterfall”), compare Shum.
• As a Jewish surname, from Polish sum (“catfish”).

Proper noun

Sum (plural Sums)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sum is the 18596^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1482 individuals. Sum is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (73.14%) and White (16.06%) individuals.

Anagrams

• mus', UMs, Muş, MSU, Mus, mus, UMS, ums, mu's, mus.