Kulama Surname
Approximately 432 people bear this surname
Kulama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 188 | 1:281,604 | 22,057 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Külama (1) are calculated separately.
Kulama (134) may also be a first name.
Kulama Demographics
Average Kulama Salary in
South Africa
R 181,668
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kulama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kulama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kulama (Bengali: কুলমা, Georgian: კულამა, Hindi: कुलमा, Marathi: कुळमा, Oriya: କୁଲମା, Russian: Кулама, Tibetan: ཀུ་ལ་མ།) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant: Külama. For other potential spellings of Kulama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kulama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 686,443rd most widely held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,869,319 people. The surname Kulama occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kulama live; 46 percent live in East Africa and 46 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kulama is also the 800,975th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 134 people.
This last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 188 people, or 1 in 281,604. In Tanzania Kulama is most prevalent in: Mtwara Region, where 100 percent reside. Beside Tanzania it occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 36 percent reside and Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.
Kulama Last Name Statistics demography
Kulama earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.55% less than the national average, earning R 181,668 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kulama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kulama in the Georgian language | ||
| კულამა | kulama | - |
| Kulama in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀུ་ལ་མ། | kulama | - |
| Kulama in the Bengali language | ||
| কুলমা | kulama | - |
| Kulama in the Hindi language | ||
| कुलमा | kulama | 85.71 |
| कुलामा | kulama | 14.29 |
| Kulama in the Marathi language | ||
| कुळमा | kulama | 66.67 |
| कुमाला | kumala | 33.33 |
| Kulama in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁଲମା | kulama | 53.85 |
| କୁଳମା | kulama | 23.08 |
| କୁଲାମା | kulama | 15.38 |
| କୁଲ | kula | 7.69 |
| Kulama in the Russian language | ||
| Кулама | kulama | - |
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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 Kulama
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