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།) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kotum? popularity and diffusion

It is the 553,576th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 12,651,989 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kotum reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Kotum is also the 1,270,172nd most common forename world-wide It is held by 60 people.

This surname is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 567 people, or 1 in 1,352,849. In India Kotum is most common in: Andhra Pradesh, where 93 percent are found, Telangana, where 4 percent are found and Assam, where 2 percent are found. Aside from India Kotum occurs 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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