Culumbus Surname

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

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Culumbus Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from Latin culumbus, meaning 'the land of culum'. There is variants of this surname in different languages like Colón in Spanish and Portugues.

Culumbus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Culumbus (33) may also be a first name.

Culumbus Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from Latin culumbus, meaning 'the land of culum'. There is variants of this surname in different languages like Colón in Spanish and Portugues.

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Culumbus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Culumbus occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Culumbus? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,649,889th most numerous surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Culumbus live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 33 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Culumbus is primarily concentrated in: Cross River, where 69 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 19 percent reside and Lagos, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Culumbus is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent reside.

Culumbus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Culumbus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Culumbus surname contracted 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coulumbus942/
Columbus886,017/
Kulumbus883/
Culumbos881/
Collumbus8214/
Columbuis824/
Coloumbus823/
Coulombus821/
Columbu80399/
Kulumbu80360/
Colombus75293/
Columbos75167/
Kolumbus75141/
Coulombu7522/
Kulumbos756/
Colunbus754/
Collombus714/
Colombu67418/
Kouloumbou6716/
Kulunbu671/
Colombos6358/
Kolombus6329/
Kulombos632/
Colonbus632/
Colombau631/
Colombou631/
Kolombuus5916/
Koloumbou591/
Coleunbus590/
Koulounbou561/
Kolombu538/
Kolombos5065/
Kolombou5026/
Colomvos501/

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