Chelum Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Chelum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chelum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
India61:127,844,230863,365
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

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

The last name Chelum (Hindi: चेलूम, Oriya: େଚଲୁମ, Tibetan: ལྕེ་ལུམ།) occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chelum.

How Common Is The Last Name Chelum? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Chelum reside; 50 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Chelum is also the 1,807,719th most common given name world-wide It is held by 33 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 3,277,136. In Malaysia it is most common in: Sarawak, where 89 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 11 percent are found. Barring Malaysia it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 33 percent are found and Cameroon, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chellum9228/
Cheloum926/
Chelume923/
Cheluum921/
Chehlum921/
Chealum920/
Celum91166/
Helum9113/
Chelgoum865/
Chelloum864/
Cheiloum861/
Chellumm861/
Cheloume861/
Chelusme861/
Chellume861/
Heloum837,586/
Hellum831,308/
Chilum8366/
Celume8337/
Cholum8336/
Chalum8312/
Chelun8312/
Chelom8311/
Helyum832/
Celuim832/
Khelum831/
Helumn831/
Shelum831/
Heylum830/
Cealum830/
Chilume77822/
Shellum77391/
Hjellum77198/
Chislum7772/
Chelune7738/
Chellun7727/
Cheluun7721/
Sheelum7714/
Chalhum7713/
Chelung7710/
Chillum775/
Cheelun775/
Challum774/
Chilium774/
Chaleum773/
Hellium773/
Helloum773/
Heloume773/
Chailum772/
Celhoum771/
Helluim771/
Sheleum771/
Chaluhm771/
Celusme771/
Cheloun771/
Chellom771/
Chitlum771/
Choloum771/
Ceullum770/
Heaslum770/
Chelyumova7521/
Kelum732,635/
Hilum73186/
Jelum7376/
Helun7366/
Selum7362/
Gelum7337/
Helom7325/
Cilum7322/
Celom7310/
Zelum737/
Celun732/
Hylum731/
Tchiloum7132/
Schelung715/
Tchilume715/
Chelhoun713/
Cheuleun712/
Chihlume711/
Schelhom711/
Chilloum711/
Chelgoun711/
Chilhume711/
Chauylum711/
Choylaum711/
Scheilun710/
Chilom671,032/
Jellum67532/
Heluin67429/
Heloun67429/
Chilun6795/
Chelon6771/
Selhum6758/
Selume6749/
Seelum6728/
Hellom6725/
Hilume6723/
Keloum6721/
Seloum6714/
Helung6711/
Hillum678/
Shelom678/
Helund678/
Tselum677/
Geloum677/
Cilume675/
Zelyum675/
Gelium675/
Heleun674/
Gellum673/
Keelum673/
Hyllum673/
Chelhoune673/
Khelun672/
Shelun672/
Khelom672/
Chelunova671/
Hiloum671/
Kelume671/
Heilom671/
Shilum671/
Hailum671/
Jelhum671/
Seleum671/
Helaun671/
Hellun670/
Heelun670/
Cheathlun670/

Chelum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chelum in the Oriya language
େଚଲୁମecaluma-
Chelum in the Tibetan language
ལྕེ་ལུམ།chélum50
ཅེ་ལུམ།chélum50
Chelum in the Hindi language
चेलूमceluma50
चेलुमceluma50

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chelum
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