Kulm Surname

493,936th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 669 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Kulm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kulm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4201:862,99765,593
Estonia961:13,7692,151
Chile411:429,67011,433
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
Thailand231:3,071,232294,953
Brazil191:11,267,070228,483
Poland171:2,235,809104,965
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

The alternate forms: Külm (117) are calculated separately.

Kulm Last Name Facts

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

Kulm (Hindi: कुलम्, Russian: Кульм) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Külm. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kulm? popularity and diffusion

It is the 493,936th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 10,893,193 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Kulm live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 420 people, or 1 in 862,997. In The United States Kulm is mostly found in: California, where 19 percent live, Washington, where 16 percent live and South Dakota, where 15 percent live. Not including The United States this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also found in Estonia, where 14 percent live and Chile, where 6 percent live.

Kulm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kulm has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kulm last name grew 1,355 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kulm Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kulm surname are 32.68% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 79.45% registered with the party.

Kulm earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.41% less than the national average, earning $42,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Külm92117/
Khulm8974/
Kulme8936/
Kgulm891/
Kutlm891/
Kulhm891/
Kuulme8030/
Keulme802/
Koulme801/
Kaulme801/
Kuelhm800/
Kolm753,230/
Culm75110/
Kulmová7320/
Coulm67166/
Kollm6753/
Kholm6747/
Koelm6739/
Culme6713/
Khilm674/
Kolhm671/
Cullm670/
Kuschelme621/
Koolme6013/
Khollm604/
Cuilem601/
Coulme601/
Åkholm601/
Cullme600/
Høkholm555/
Cuilhem551/
Colm50202/

Kulm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kulm in the Hindi language
कुलम्kulam-
Kulm in the Russian language
Кульмkulm-

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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
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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 Kulm
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