Koome Surname
Approximately 15,707 people bear this surname
Koome Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 15,550 | 1:2,970 | 463 |
| Netherlands | 66 | 1:255,866 | 32,556 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| Lesotho | 21 | 1:96,788 | 10,857 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Koome (3,625) may also be a first name.
Koome Demographics
Average Koome Salary in
United States
$12,031 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Koome Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koome Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koome has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Koome click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koome? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 33,780th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 463,968 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Koome live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 117,398th most frequently occurring forename globally. It is borne by 3,625 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 15,550 people, or 1 in 2,970. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Meru County, where 82 percent live, Nairobi County, where 5 percent live and Tharaka Nithi County, where 5 percent live. Outside of Kenya Koome exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Koome Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Koome earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 72.12% less than the national average, earning $12,031 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.38% less than the national average, earning $49,493 CAD per year.
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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 Koome
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