šum has in its history been attached administratively to the neighboring village of zagračani resulting in demographic and other data being counted along with that settlement. past traces of the village name "šum" are non-existent and the area only appears in an old map by jaranov listing it as "dolno (lower) zagračani". due to the close geographical proximity with zagračani, the village toponyms of šum are shared with its neighbour. a river flows through the village.