Koulem Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Koulem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Koulem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koulem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koulem is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Koulem? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,323,005th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Koulem live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 610,855. In Cameroon Koulem is primarily found in: West Region, where 91 percent reside and Far North Region, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Algeria, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Koulem
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