Botum Surname

600,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 518 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cambodia
Highest density in:
Cambodia

Botum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Botum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cambodia4971:31,1611,545
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Botum (993) may also be a first name.

Botum Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Botum Come From? nationality or country of origin

Botum is held by more people in Cambodia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Botum.

How Common Is The Last Name Botum? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 600,164th most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 14,068,621 people. The surname Botum occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Botum are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Khmer-Asia. It is also the 255,437th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 993 people.

Botum is most numerous in Cambodia, where it is borne by 497 people, or 1 in 31,161. In Cambodia it is most numerous in: Siem Reap Province, where 28 percent are found, Banteay Meanchey Province, where 11 percent are found and Tboung Khmum Province, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Cambodia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and Thailand, where 0 percent are found.

Botum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Botum has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Botum last name declined 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bottum91372/
Bothum91258/
Bhotum9113/
Botoum912/
Boutum912/
Bostum911/
Botume910/
Botgum910/
Botoume8328/
Boutoum838/
Bottume837/
Bodtoum832/
Boothum831/
Botheum831/
Batum801,313/
Butum80779/
Botun8054/
Botom8033/
Betum8013/
Wotum801/
Boudtoum7717/
Bootthum772/
Bottom733,021/
Batoum731,988/
Bothun73544/
Bettum73196/
Bootun73192/
Batume73188/
Bhatum73138/
Bathum7399/
Botune7370/
Butume7333/
Bethum7325/
Bhotom7323/
Bothom7321/
Beutum7317/
Boutun7314/
Bastum7314/
Battum7312/
Botung7310/
Boutom738/
Buteum736/
Bhutum736/
Wojtum736/
Bostun734/
Botuin733/
Batgum732/
Buttum732/
Batuim731/
Betuim731/
Bootom731/
Bhetum731/
Bautum731/
Butoum731/
Beetum730/
Bethoum6720/
Bathoum6714/
Batoume6712/
Boystun6711/
Battoum679/
Bhatuim674/
Bhuthum673/
Butthum673/
Bhataum673/
Woottum672/
Bouthun672/
Boutoom672/
Bothung672/
Batusem672/
Boottun671/
Batuume671/
Bootung671/
Botheun671/
Bottune671/
Boydtun671/
Bataume671/
Bahatum671/
Boutoun671/
Bootoun671/
Buttume671/
Boteung671/
Beutoum671/
Bothune670/
Bottoun670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Botum
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