Malkum Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Malkum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malkum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia151:3,184,93814,936
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Malkum (166) may also be a first name.

Malkum Last Name Facts

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

Malkum (Hindi: मलकुम) has its highest incidence in Colombia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malkum? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most frequent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Malkum live; 54 percent live in South America and 54 percent live in Caribbean South America. Malkum is also the 710,504th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 166 people.

The surname Malkum is most commonly held in Colombia, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 3,184,938. In Colombia Malkum is primarily concentrated in: Cesar Department, where 80 percent reside, Atlántico Department, where 7 percent reside and Capital District, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Colombia it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Canada, where 11 percent reside.

Malkum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Malkum has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Malkum last name expanded 175 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Malkum Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Malkum earn in different countries varies marginally. In Colombia they earn 9.03% less than the national average, earning $20,651,900 COP per year and in United States they earn 9.18% less than the national average, earning $39,188 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malkoum921/
Malkom8387/
Malcum8374/
Molkum831/
Mailekoum801/
Moolkum7750/
Malkoom771/
Moolkhum715/
Malcom675,255/
Molkom678/
Molcum670/
Malcomm626/
Malcoom623/
Mailcom621/
Moolkoom571/
Moolkhom571/
Molcom501/

Malkum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malkum in the Hindi language
मलकुमmalakuma60
मलकूमmalakuma40

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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 Malkum
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