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
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
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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