Kume Surname
Approximately 36,400 people bear this surname
Kume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 27,036 | 1:4,729 | 757 |
| Ethiopia | 4,185 | 1:23,309 | 2,960 |
| Nigeria | 1,778 | 1:99,630 | 6,785 |
| Albania | 827 | 1:3,524 | 644 |
| Papua New Guinea | 780 | 1:10,453 | 902 |
| South Africa | 373 | 1:145,249 | 16,581 |
| Cameroon | 290 | 1:71,617 | 8,980 |
| Indonesia | 188 | 1:703,453 | 54,601 |
| Brazil | 187 | 1:1,144,783 | 39,854 |
| United States | 187 | 1:1,938,283 | 125,322 |
| Greece | 128 | 1:86,561 | 14,651 |
| India | 64 | 1:11,985,397 | 216,293 |
| Singapore | 60 | 1:91,795 | 3,674 |
| Zimbabwe | 60 | 1:257,304 | 27,433 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Uganda | 34 | 1:1,148,214 | 47,064 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Peru | 18 | 1:1,765,785 | 23,952 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Italy | 15 | 1:4,077,113 | 105,022 |
| Kosovo | 12 | 1:155,156 | 6,641 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Küme (58) & Kumé (1) are calculated separately.
Kume (14,418) may also be a first name.
Kume Demographics
Average Kume Salary in
United States
$54,486 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kume Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kume (Hindi: कुमे, Marathi: कुमे, Oriya: କୁେମ, Russian: Куме) occurs most in Japan. It can be found as: Küme or Kumé. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kume? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 15,306th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 200,207 people. Kume is primarily found in Asia, where 75 percent of Kume are found; 74 percent are found in East Asia and 74 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 47,662nd most numerous first name worldwide, held by 14,418 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is borne by 27,036 people, or 1 in 4,729. In Japan it is most numerous in: Aichi Prefecture, where 18 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 8 percent are found and Osaka Prefecture, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Japan this last name exists in 52 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 11 percent are found and Nigeria, where 5 percent are found.
Kume Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kume has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kume surname expanded 3,117 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kume Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kume last name are 2.09% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.32% being registered with the party.
The amount Kume earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 114.77% more than the national average, earning S/. 41,634 per year; in South Africa they earn 41.72% less than the national average, earning R 138,492 per year and in United States they earn 26.27% more than the national average, earning $54,486 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kume Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kume in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁେମ | kuema | - |
| Kume in the Marathi language | ||
| कुमे | kume | 93.4 |
| कूमे | kume | 5.66 |
| Kume in the Hindi language | ||
| कुमे | kume | 37.5 |
| कूमे | kume | 37.5 |
| कुमेश | kumesa | 25 |
| Kume in the Russian language | ||
| Куме | kume | - |
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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 Kume
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