Kedum Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Guyana

Kedum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kedum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon141:1,483,50583,777
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Guyana101:76,2225,818
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kedum (32) may also be a first name.

Kedum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kedum has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kedum? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,100,440th most common last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 38 percent of Kedum live; 35 percent live in Central Africa and 35 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kedum is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 32 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 86 percent reside, Centre Region, where 7 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 7 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 33 percent reside and Guyana, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kedoum9117/
Khedum9117/
Ketdum917/
Kaedum915/
Koedum912/
Keadum911/
Keddoum8321/
Keadoum837/
Keaddum831/
Koeddum831/
Kedoume831/
Koedoum831/
Keidoum831/
Khedoum831/
Kadum80959/
Kodum8068/
Kidum8026/
Kedom804/
Kheddoum7775/
Kheidoum773/
Kadhum73803/
Khadum7365/
Kidume7341/
Kahdum7314/
Kedhom739/
Kaadum736/
Kidoum736/
Chedum736/
Kaduhm735/
Khodum735/
Kaddum732/
Kadaum732/
Kaidum732/
Koidum731/
Keidom731/
Keedom731/
Qeddum731/
Kheddoume711/
Khoidum6774/
Queddum674/
Khadhum674/
Khaidum674/
Kaidume671/
Kaïdoum671/
Koidoum671/
Chedoum671/
Kaydoum671/
Kidoume671/
Khidoum671/
Ceedhum671/

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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 Kedum
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