El Koum Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

El Koum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Koum Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria501:386,0204,843
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Koum (1,347) may also be a first name.

El Koum Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Koum is borne by more people in Syria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name El Koum? popularity and diffusion

The surname El Koum is the 2,436,415th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. El Koum occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of El Koum reside; 84 percent reside in West Asia and 82 percent reside in Levant. El Koum is also the 213,863rd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,347 people.

The last name El Koum is most frequently held in Syria, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 386,020. In Syria it is most prevalent in: Homs Governorate, where 98 percent are found and Rif Dimashq Governorate, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Syria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 15 percent are found and Palestine, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Kumh861/
El-Koum861/
El Hkumh804/
El Kaium801/
El Kam772/
El Kaim71309/
El Kasm716/
El Kaïm713/
El Kaam712/
El Kamh711/
El Kaem711/
El-Kome711/
El Keim711/
El Kaiem67134/
El Kaime6710/
El Kayam675/
El Kaimm671/
El Kayem671/
El Khayam6313/
El Khatmh639/
El Khaiam634/
El Kheime633/
El Khaime631/
El Qaim579/
El Qaym574/
El-Kaim573/
El-Kaïm572/
El Qamh571/
El-Kaam571/
El Qiyam53305/
El-Kaime534/
El-Kayem532/
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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 El Koum
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