Cholom Surname
Approximately 5,140 people bear this surname
Cholom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 5,016 | 1:3,206 | 496 |
| Belize | 71 | 1:5,007 | 882 |
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Cholóm (1) are calculated separately.
Cholom (28) may also be a first name.
Cholom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cholom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cholom occurs in Guatemala more than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Cholóm. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cholom? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cholom is the 92,912th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,417,810 people. The surname Cholom occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Cholom are found; 99 percent are found in Central America and 98 percent are found in Hispano-Central America. Cholom is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 28 people.
The surname Cholom is most numerous in Guatemala, where it is borne by 5,016 people, or 1 in 3,206. In Guatemala Cholom is most frequent in: Alta Verapaz Department, where 86 percent live, Petén Department, where 14 percent live and Izabal Department, where 0 percent live. Other than Guatemala Cholom exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Belize, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Cholom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Cholom has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cholom surname expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Cholom
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