Chelum Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Chelum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Chelum (33) may also be a first name.
Chelum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chelum (Hindi: चेलूम, Oriya: େଚଲୁମ, Tibetan: ལྕེ་ལུམ།) is found most in Malaysia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelum? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Chelum are found; 50 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 50 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,807,719th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 33 people.
It is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 3,277,136. In Malaysia Chelum is most frequent in: Sarawak, where 89 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 11 percent live. Apart from Malaysia Chelum exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 33 percent live and Cameroon, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chelum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chelum in the Oriya language | ||
| େଚଲୁମ | ecaluma | - |
| Chelum in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལྕེ་ལུམ། | chélum | 50 |
| ཅེ་ལུམ། | chélum | 50 |
| Chelum in the Hindi language | ||
| चेलूम | celuma | 50 |
| चेलुम | celuma | 50 |
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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 Chelum
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