Kulume Surname
Approximately 3,492 people bear this surname
Kulume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 3,341 | 1:11,685 | 1,941 |
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kulume (49) may also be a first name.
Kulume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kulume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kulume occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kulume? popularity and diffusion
Kulume is the 129,623rd most numerous surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,086,926 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kulume are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most widely held given name world-wide, held by 49 people.
It is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 3,341 people, or 1 in 11,685. In Uganda Kulume is most common in: Kumi District, where 24 percent reside, Pallisa District, where 18 percent reside and Bukedea District, where 15 percent reside. Other than Uganda this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Kulume
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