Koums Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Koums Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Koums Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koums Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koums is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Koums? popularity and diffusion
The surname Koums is the 8,193,072nd most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Koums reside; 40 percent reside in Central Africa and 20 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 50 percent live and East Region, where 50 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 20 percent live and Togo, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koumse | 91 | 7 | / |
| Khoums | 91 | 5 | / |
| Koumss | 91 | 1 | / |
| Koutms | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kums | 89 | 669 | / |
| Koms | 89 | 151 | / |
| Koumsse | 83 | 1 | / |
| Khoms | 80 | 993 | / |
| Khums | 80 | 237 | / |
| Kumse | 80 | 99 | / |
| Komst | 80 | 79 | / |
| Komse | 80 | 45 | / |
| Kooms | 80 | 15 | / |
| Kohms | 80 | 13 | / |
| Kuhms | 80 | 6 | / |
| Koems | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kumsh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kumms | 80 | 1 | / |
| Coums | 80 | 1 | / |
| Komsh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Komës | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kumshe | 73 | 98 | / |
| Khumse | 73 | 17 | / |
| Koumje | 73 | 2 | / |
| Koumze | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kummås | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khomsh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khumsh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kayums | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kams | 67 | 550 | / |
| Coms | 67 | 92 | / |
| Cums | 67 | 55 | / |
| Koumche | 67 | 27 | / |
| Komz | 67 | 11 | / |
| Kumz | 67 | 8 | / |
| Komsová | 67 | 8 | / |
| Koumdje | 67 | 5 | / |
| Khumshe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Komx | 67 | 2 | / |
| Komsova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kumsová | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qoms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kūms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kumsova | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Koums
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