Kulthum Surname

655,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 460 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kulthum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kulthum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2661:173,60913,168
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Uganda171:2,296,42870,019
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Kulthum (8,115) may also be a first name.

Kulthum Last Name Facts

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

Kulthum (Arabic: كلثوم) occurs most in Kenya. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kulthum.

How Common Is The Last Name Kulthum? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kulthum is the 655,080th most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 15,842,491 people. This 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. Kulthum is also the 70,391st most widely held first name world-wide, held by 8,115 people.

This surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 266 people, or 1 in 173,609. In Kenya Kulthum is most prevalent in: Mombasa County, where 61 percent are found, Kilifi County, where 33 percent are found and Kwale County, where 2 percent are found. Beside Kenya it exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 33 percent are found and Uganda, where 4 percent are found.

Kulthum Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Kulthum surname is principally Muslim (75%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kulthoum933/
Kultum92160/
Koulthoum88663/
Koultum865/
Kultume861/
Kolthoum8013/
Koultoum804/
Koultume801/
Koulteum801/
Koltum7750/
Kultom7723/
Cultum7711/
Kholtum7132/
Koltoum7110/
Kooltum711/
Coultum711/
Koultom711/
Cultumova631/
Cultom6213/
Coltum623/
Koltom621/

Kulthum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kulthum in the Arabic language
كلثومklthwm-

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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 Kulthum
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