Kotum Surname

553,576th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 576 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Kotum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kotum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India5671:1,352,84952,491
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Kotum (60) may also be a first name.

Kotum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kotum (Russian: Котум, Tibetan: ཀོ་ཏོམ།) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kotum? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kotum is the 553,576th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 12,651,989 people. The surname Kotum occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kotum live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kotum is also the 1,270,172nd most numerous first name at a global level, held by 60 people.

The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 567 people, or 1 in 1,352,849. In India Kotum is most numerous in: Andhra Pradesh, where 93 percent are found, Telangana, where 4 percent are found and Assam, where 2 percent are found. Barring India Kotum exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 1 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kottum91253/
Kothum91186/
Koetum9130/
Kotoum9128/
Kotume9113/
Koitum917/
Koutum913/
Khotum912/
Kuotum911/
Koutoum8312/
Kotthum8310/
Kodthum836/
Kotoume833/
Kostume833/
Kouttum832/
Khodtum831/
Kothoum831/
Khottum831/
Kutum8022,785/
Katum80671/
Ketum80186/
Kotom8040/
Khotthum77184/
Koutoume771/
Koutoumt771/
Khatum735,418/
Kuttum73353/
Kothom73277/
Kuthum73247/
Cothum73133/
Katume73112/
Katoum7396/
Kottom7396/
Kathum7363/
Kattum7346/
Koutom7344/
Ketuim7342/
Kutume7336/
Kettum7314/
Khutum7314/
Khotom7314/
Kethum7311/
Kutuim7310/
Cootum737/
Costum737/
Kateum736/
Katuum733/
Kutoum733/
Kutuum733/
Kahtum733/
Kutumm732/
Kautum732/
Kudtum732/
Cottum731/
Kuitum731/
Khetum731/
Kaatum731/
Kataum731/
Kehtum731/
Keteum731/
Kattoum67192/
Khatoum67177/
Coothum6796/
Costume6795/
Khathum6794/
Khethum6763/
Katoume6741/
Katahum6710/
Kutthum677/
Khaatum677/
Ketthum674/
Khataum674/
Keutoum672/
Khattum672/
Khatume672/
Kattume672/
Khatumm671/
Khautum671/
Khatuim671/
Kathume671/
Kastoum671/
Khettum671/
Kahatum671/
Khotoom671/
Khottom671/
Kedthum671/
Keethum670/

Kotum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kotum in the Tibetan language
ཀོ་ཏོམ།kotom-
Kotum in the Russian language
Котумkotum-

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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 Kotum
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