Frequency: (140)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German: variant of Pump, metonymic occupational name for a pump maker.
2. German: possibly also a variant of Bump (see Bump).
3. Indian (Maharashtra): Hindu (Maratha) name, from Marathi bǝmb ‘stout’. Compare Bump.
GIVEN NAMES: Indian 5%. Amar, Balu, Raj.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
