Kukum Surname

1,321,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 170 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kukum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kukum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1101:74,1259,709
Cameroon231:903,00360,285
India201:38,353,269431,471
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Küküm (15) are calculated separately.

Kukum (1,371) may also be a first name.

Kukum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kukum (Hindi: कुकुम, Marathi: कुकुम, Oriya: କୁକୁମ, Tibetan: སྐུམ་ཀུ།) is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Küküm. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kukum? popularity and diffusion

Kukum is the 1,321,499th most common last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. The last name Kukum is mostly found in Oceania, where 66 percent of Kukum live; 66 percent live in Oceania Islands and 66 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kukum is also the 211,534th most prevalent given name at a global level, borne by 1,371 people.

It is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 74,125. In Papua New Guinea Kukum is most prevalent in: Enga, where 67 percent are found, East New Britain, where 15 percent are found and National Capital District, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 14 percent are found and India, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kukume9172/
Kuikum913/
Kutkum911/
Kukhum911/
Kaukum911/
Kukumm911/
Keukum910/
Küküm8715/
Koukoum8320/
Kuikeum8317/
Kuikhum8316/
Khudkum832/
Kuikoum831/
Keukoum831/
Kuekeum831/
Khukhum831/
Kokum80675/
Cukum8026/
Kukom8019/
Kikum802/
Kucum801/
Khutkhum7758/
Kukumova779/
Khudkhum772/
Khukhume771/
Kockum73159/
Kokoum7324/
Khokum7318/
Koukom7314/
Kickum7314/
Kaukom734/
Kigkum732/
Koekum731/
Kokkum731/
Kuikom731/
Kuykom731/
Kokhum731/
Khukumova7113/
Khokhum6717/
Kigkhum675/
Khikkum672/
Keukomm671/
Khookum671/
Kookhum671/
Kokkhum671/
Kickhum670/

Kukum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kukum in the Hindi language
कुकुमkukuma98.86
कुकूमkukuma1.14
Kukum in the Oriya language
କୁକୁମkukuma96.36
କୁକୁମାଇଁkukuma'im3.45
କୁକୁମ୍kukum0.19
Kukum in the Marathi language
कुकुमkukuma83.33
कूकूमkukuma8.33
कुकूमkukuma8.33
Kukum in the Tibetan language
སྐུམ་ཀུ།kumku50
ཀུ་ཀུ་མོ།kukumo50

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kukum
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