Kulema Surname
Approximately 868 people bear this surname
Kulema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 418 | 1:40,955 | 5,885 |
| DR Congo | 390 | 1:189,435 | 19,115 |
| Russia | 31 | 1:4,649,131 | 213,487 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kulema (147) may also be a first name.
Kulema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kulema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kulema (Hindi: कुलेमा, Russian: Кулема) is most common in Malawi. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kulema? popularity and diffusion
It is the 403,960th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 8,395,790 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kulema reside; 49 percent reside in Southern Africa and 49 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 760,591st most commonly held given name internationally, borne by 147 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 418 people, or 1 in 40,955. Besides Malawi it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 45 percent live and Russia, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kulema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kulema in the Hindi language | ||
| कुलेमा | kulema | - |
| Kulema in the Russian language | ||
| Кулема | kulema | - |
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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 Kulema
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