Kühm Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Kühm Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 108 | 1:745,421 | 56,003 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Kuhm (630) are calculated separately.
Kühm Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kühm Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kühm is most common in Germany. It may also appear as a variant: Kuhm. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kühm? popularity and diffusion
Kühm is the 1,718,748th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. Kühm is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Kühm live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 745,421. In Germany Kühm is mostly concentrated in: Thuringia, where 69 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 13 percent are found and Hesse, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 2 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuhm | 92 | 630 | / |
| Kühme | 89 | 396 | / |
| Küm | 86 | 2 | / |
| Khum | 75 | 6,533 | / |
| Khom | 75 | 667 | / |
| Kümm | 75 | 60 | / |
| Küme | 75 | 58 | / |
| Khiem | 67 | 1,135 | / |
| Kuehm | 67 | 181 | / |
| Khume | 67 | 159 | / |
| Kahum | 67 | 115 | / |
| Koehm | 67 | 79 | / |
| Khaum | 67 | 59 | / |
| Khoum | 67 | 56 | / |
| Khoem | 67 | 48 | / |
| Khomm | 67 | 30 | / |
| Khoom | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kouhm | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kheum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khumm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khuem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khumh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuhme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuthm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khuim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khuum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keuhm | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kühm
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