Kusum Surname

40,800th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,830 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Kusum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kusum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India7,1801:106,8346,994
Bangladesh3,7851:42,1022,436
Thailand6161:114,67316,916
Indonesia5391:245,36022,482
Sri Lanka5121:40,6424,863
Cambodia611:253,8883,292
Nepal531:537,3774,538
Nigeria281:6,326,527151,186
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
England31:18,572,686338,250
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Küşüm (1) are calculated separately.

Kusum (908,765) may also be a first name.

Kusum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kusum (Arabic: كوسوم, Bengali: কুসুম, Hindi: कुसुम, Marathi: कुसुम, Oriya: କୁସୁମ, Russian: Кусум, Tibetan: ཀུ་སུམ་) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Küşüm. For other possible spellings of Kusum click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kusum? popularity and diffusion

Kusum is the 40,800th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 568,008 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kusum reside; 90 percent reside in South Asia and 60 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Kusum is also the 1,021st most widespread first name on earth, borne by 908,765 people.

This surname is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 7,180 people, or 1 in 106,834. In India Kusum is mostly found in: Uttar Pradesh, where 31 percent live, Odisha, where 30 percent live and Bihar, where 9 percent live. Beside India this surname occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 30 percent live and Thailand, where 5 percent live.

Kusum Last Name Statistics demography

Kusum earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.31% more than the national average, earning $50,188 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kusume913,604/
Kushum91784/
Kuisum9116/
Kusuum9113/
Kusumm917/
Kussum917/
Kousum913/
Kuusum912/
Khusum912/
Kusaum911/
Kusoum911/
Kuhsum911/
Kousoum8317/
Koussum836/
Kussoum831/
Kusumme831/
Kussume831/
Kosum80883/
Kusom80411/
Kuzum80221/
Kisum80195/
Kujum8011/
Cusum801/
Kucum801/
Küşüm801/
Kusumova7738/
Koussoum7712/
Kousgoum771/
Kutschum770/
Kurzum73115/
Kusoom7381/
Kossum7326/
Kuzume7320/
Kisaum7313/
Khujum7310/
Kausom738/
Khisum735/
Kishum733/
Kisoum733/
Koshum733/
Kussom732/
Kousom732/
Kuzhum732/
Kissum732/
Kosoum731/
Koesum731/
Kosium731/
Kuczum731/
Koujum731/
Khosum731/
Kushumova7142/
Koussoume711/
Kouzoum6711/
Khishum677/
Khiesum675/
Kossoum675/
Kutchum674/
Kuchoum671/
Koussom671/
Koujoum671/
Kuhsoom671/
Kuzaume671/
Kushsom671/
Kussomm671/

Kusum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kusum in the Hindi language
कुसुमkusuma98.64
कुसूमkusuma0.86
कूसुमkusuma0.23
कूसूमkusuma0.08
कुसमkusama0.03
कुशुमkusuma0.02
कुसुम़kusuma0.02
कुसुमाkusuma0.01
कुस्मkusma0
कुसुनkusuna0
कुसkusa0
कुसुदkusuda0
कु़सु़मkusuma0
कुगुमkuguma0
कु़सुमkusuma0
क़ुसुमqusuma0
सुषमाsusama0
कुसु्मkusuma0
कु्सुमkusuma0
कुसु़मkusuma0
कुसुमा़kusuma0
कुशमkusama0
कुसुम्kusum0
क्ुसुमkusuma0
़कुसुमkusuma0
कुषुमkusuma0
कुसमाkusama0
Kusum in the Bengali language
কুসুমkusuma97.79
কুসূমkusuma0.32
কূসুমkusuma0.21
Kusum in the Oriya language
କୁସୁମkusuma91.36
କୁଶୁମkusuma4.89
କୁଷୁମkusuma0.97
କୁସୂମkusuma0.36
କୁସୁମ୍kusum0.16
କୂସୁମkusuma0.07
କୁଷୂମkusuma0.02
କୂସୂମkusuma0.02
କୁସମkusama0.01
କୁଶୁମାkusuma0.01
କୁଶମkusama0.01
କୂଶୁମkusuma0.01
କୁଷମkusama0.01
Kusum in the Tibetan language
ཀུ་སུམ་kusum72.22
ཀུ་བསུམ་kusum11.11
ཀུ་གསུམ་kusum5.56
སྐུ་གསུམ་kusum5.56
ཀོ་བསུམ་kosum5.56
Kusum in the Marathi language
कुसुमkusuma63.9
कुसूमkusuma30.67
कूसूमkusuma2.99
कूसुमkusuma0.51
कुसमkusama0.44
कुसुनkusuna0.01
कुशाkusa0.01
कसुमkasuma0.01
कुसुमाkusuma0.01
कुसमाkusama0
सुमsuma0
कुडुमkuduma0
कूसूkusu0
मुसुमmusuma0
कुसुबkusuba0
कुशमाkusama0
कुसुंkusum0
कासुkasu0
कुयूमkuyuma0
कुसूनkusuna0
कुशमkusama0
कुषुमkusuma0
कुसुतkusuta0
कुसुमुkusumu0
कुसुमा़kusuma0
दुसुमdusuma0
कूसूमूkusumu0
कुरूमkuruma0
कुडूkudu0
कुशुमkusuma0
क़ुसुमqusuma0
कुरुमkuruma0
कुडुkudu0
कुसुkusu0
कुसूkusu0
Kusum in the Russian language
Кусумkusum-
Kusum in the Arabic language
كوسومkwswm-

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