Kilama Surname

38,737th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,577 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Wallis and Futuna

Kilama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kilama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda11,3591:3,437613
Tanzania1,4931:35,4604,143
Cameroon3741:55,5327,185
DR Congo1921:384,78933,038
New Caledonia361:7,6731,760
India331:23,244,406321,547
England201:2,785,90397,972
Indonesia151:8,816,613340,855
France111:6,038,429280,838
Wallis and Futuna91:1,51226
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873

Kilama (352) may also be a first name.

Kilama Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kilama (Hindi: किलमा, Oriya: କିଲମା) occurs most in Uganda. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kilama? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 38,737th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 536,757 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kilama live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 464,438th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 352 people.

It is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 11,359 people, or 1 in 3,437. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Gulu District, where 22 percent reside, Kitgum District, where 16 percent reside and Pader District, where 14 percent reside. Not including Uganda it exists in 25 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 11 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.

Kilama Last Name Statistics demography

Kilama earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 38.39% more than the national average, earning $59,714 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kilama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kilama in the Hindi language
किलमाkilama-
Kilama in the Oriya language
କିଲମାkilama-

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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 Kilama
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