Kulthum Surname
Approximately 460 people bear this surname
Kulthum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 266 | 1:173,609 | 13,168 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Kulthum (8,115) may also be a first name.
Kulthum Demographics
Kulthum Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kulthum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kulthum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kulthum (Arabic: كلثوم) is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Kulthum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kulthum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 655,080th most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 15,842,491 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Kulthum are found; 62 percent are found in East Africa and 60 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 70,391st most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 8,115 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 266 people, or 1 in 173,609. In Kenya it is most common in: Mombasa County, where 61 percent reside, Kilifi County, where 33 percent reside and Kwale County, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Kenya it exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 33 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 percent reside.
Kulthum Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Muslim (75%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kulthum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kulthum in the Arabic language | ||
| كلثوم | klthwm | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kulthum
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