Kaltuma Surname

440,964th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 776 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kaltuma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kaltuma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya7081:65,2266,277
Uganda491:796,72037,939
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Kaltuma (10,277) may also be a first name.

Kaltuma Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kaltuma occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaltuma? popularity and diffusion

It is the 440,964th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 9,391,167 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kaltuma live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 60,157th most commonly used forename at a global level. It is borne by 10,277 people.

The last name is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 708 people, or 1 in 65,226. In Kenya Kaltuma is most numerous in: Wajir County, where 55 percent live, Mandera County, where 43 percent live and Marsabit County, where 1 percent live. Excluding Kenya this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 6 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.

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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 Kaltuma
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