Kolum Surname
Approximately 1,429 people bear this surname
Kolum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 778 | 1:59,357 | 5,839 |
| Nigeria | 352 | 1:503,246 | 25,072 |
| Papua New Guinea | 191 | 1:42,690 | 5,212 |
| Thailand | 53 | 1:1,332,799 | 187,598 |
| India | 46 | 1:16,675,334 | 263,471 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Kolum (212) may also be a first name.
Kolum Demographics
Kolum Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kolum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kolum (Russian: Колум) has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolum? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 272,373rd most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 5,099,752 people. Kolum occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Kolum live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 42 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 620,917th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 212 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 778 people, or 1 in 59,357. In Kenya Kolum is most frequent in: Nandi County, where 48 percent live, Uasin Gishu County, where 29 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 22 percent live. Aside from Kenya this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 25 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live.
Kolum Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (95%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolum in the Russian language | ||
| Колум | kolum | - |
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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 Kolum
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