Kontum Surname

656,126th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 459 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Kontum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kontum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand3301:214,05635,797
Cameroon1111:187,10919,561
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Vietnam51:18,529,2113,282
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Kontum Last Name Facts

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

Kontum is held by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kontum? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 656,126th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 15,877,006 people. The last name Kontum occurs mostly in Asia, where 73 percent of Kontum are found; 73 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 72 percent are found in Tai-Asia.

This last name is most widespread in Thailand, where it is carried by 330 people, or 1 in 214,056. In Thailand it is most prevalent in: Nakhon Sawan Province, where 48 percent live, Prachinburi Province, where 19 percent live and Phichit Province, where 18 percent live. Other than Thailand this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 24 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Konthum9210/
Khontum924/
Koontum922/
Kohntum921/
Kontoume8611/
Koonthum866/
Kountoum862/
Khonttum861/
Khoontum861/
Kantum83411/
Kontom83145/
Kuntum83141/
Komtum832/
Koutntoum801/
Khuntum77100/
Khantum7733/
Kanthum7733/
Kountom7721/
Kunthum7718/
Kantume7712/
Khentum775/
Konthom772/
Komteum771/
Conthum771/
Kantoum771/
Kunhtum771/
Komtoum771/
Koontom771/
Khunthum71428/
Khenthum7164/
Khanthum718/
Koontoom715/
Khantuim714/
Khantaum713/
Khanntum713/
Khomthum712/
Khuntaum711/
Cantum6715/
Kuntom6710/
Kantom678/
Cuntum676/
Contom674/

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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 Kontum
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