Kolem Surname
Approximately 593 people bear this surname
Kolem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 245 | 1:84,772 | 10,298 |
| India | 124 | 1:6,186,011 | 143,436 |
| Indonesia | 117 | 1:1,130,335 | 81,024 |
| Germany | 45 | 1:1,789,010 | 101,917 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
The alternate forms: Kölem (58) are calculated separately.
Kolem (227) may also be a first name.
Kolem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kolem (Russian: Кольем, Tibetan: ཀོ་ལེམ།) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Kölem. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kolem.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolem? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 541,435th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 12,289,285 people. Kolem occurs mostly in Africa, where 43 percent of Kolem reside; 30 percent reside in Central Africa and 30 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kolem is also the 596,468th most frequently occurring given name in the world It is held by 227 people.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 245 people, or 1 in 84,772. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 57 percent live, Far North Region, where 27 percent live and Centre Region, where 10 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in India, where 21 percent live and Indonesia, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolem in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀོ་ལེམ། | kolem | - |
| Kolem in the Russian language | ||
| Кольем | kolem | - |
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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 Kolem
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