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 last name Kotum (Russian: Котум, Tibetan: ཀོ་ཏོམ།) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kotum? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 553,576th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 12,651,989 people. Kotum occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kotum are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 60 people.

Kotum is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 567 people, or 1 in 1,352,849. In India Kotum is most prevalent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 93 percent reside, Telangana, where 4 percent reside and Assam, where 2 percent reside. Aside from India it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 1 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent reside.

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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