Koloum Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Koloum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
Koloum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koloum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koloum is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koloum? popularity and diffusion
The last name Koloum is the 4,206,983rd most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Koloum live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: North Region, where 92 percent reside and Far North Region, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon Koloum occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 27 percent reside and The Congo, where 18 percent reside.
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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 Koloum
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