Kertoum Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Kertoum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Kertoum 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
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Kertoum (8) may also be a first name.

Kertoum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kertoum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﺗﻮﻡ) occurs most in Algeria. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kertoum? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,311,814th most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Kertoum occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Kertoum live; 33 percent live in North Africa and 33 percent live in Mahgreb. Kertoum is also the 4,213,784th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 8 people.

The last name Kertoum is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 38,631,551. In Algeria Kertoum is most common in: Constantine Province, where 100 percent live. Excluding Algeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 33 percent live and Sweden, where 33 percent live.

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
Khertoum934/
Kerttoum931/
Kertoume931/
Kertum921/
Kerthum861/
Kertam775/
Kretum771/
Kertgam711/
Keertam711/
Kerdtaem678/
Kerdtham674/
Kirtam62140/
Kretam629/
Certam621/
Cretom621/
Certaim572/
Kirttam571/
Chertham532/
Cherdtham502/
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Kertoum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kertoum in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﺮﺗﻮﻡkrtwm62.5
ﻛﺮﺗﻮﻣﻪkrtwmh37.5

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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 Kertoum
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