Kaltum Surname

472,211th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 710 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kaltum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kaltum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4411:401,68421,080
Indonesia2531:522,72442,472
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kaltum (5,682) may also be a first name.

Kaltum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kaltum (Russian: Кальтум) is found most in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaltum? popularity and diffusion

Kaltum is the 472,211th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 10,264,149 people. The surname Kaltum is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Kaltum live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kaltum is also the 88,704th most frequent first name globally, held by 5,682 people.

The surname Kaltum is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 441 people, or 1 in 401,684. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Yobe, where 54 percent are found, Borno, where 35 percent are found and Jigawa, where 8 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Kaltum occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 36 percent are found and Algeria, where 0 percent are found.

Kaltum Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaltoum92635/
Kaltume92454/
Kalthum9227/
Khaltum926/
Kaltaum920/
Kalthoum861,372/
Kaltoume8653/
Khaltume868/
Kalttoum866/
Khaltoum863/
Kalthume861/
Kaltumme861/
Kalthumt861/
Kaltom8383/
Caltum8365/
Koltum8350/
Khaltoume801/
Kalthom7745/
Kholtum7732/
Koltoum7710/
Caltoum779/
Koultum775/
Kooltum771/
Kaltoom771/
Kolthoum7113/
Koultoum714/
Khalthom711/
Koultume711/
Koulteum711/
Kalthoom711/
Koulthoum67663/
Caltom675/
Coltum673/
Koltom671/
Qaltom671/
Coultum621/
Koultom621/
Coltom5032/

Kaltum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kaltum in the Russian language
Кальтумkaltum-

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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
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  • 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 Kaltum
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