Kulchum Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Kulchum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kulchum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India241:31,961,058386,265
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324

Kulchum (1,422) may also be a first name.

Kulchum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kulchum (Bengali: কুলছুম, Marathi: कुनचुम) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kulchum? popularity and diffusion

Kulchum is the 3,730,171st most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kulchum are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 86 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 206,976th most prevalent forename globally It is held by 1,422 people.

This last name is most frequent in India, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 31,961,058. In India Kulchum is mostly concentrated in: West Bengal, where 96 percent reside and Assam, where 4 percent reside. Outside of India this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kulchhum939/
Kulcum9239/
Koulchoum881/
Kulchumova8215/
Kulchoem801/
Kolcum7762/
Kulzum7739/
Kultsum71657/
Khultsum677/
Kolcom621/

Kulchum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kulchum in the Marathi language
कुनचुमkunacuma-
Kulchum in the Bengali language
কুলছুমkulachuma75
কুলচুমkulacuma18.75
কুলসুমkulasuma6.25

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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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  • 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 Kulchum
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