Kayum

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Kayum is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • INIndia1 in 11M(measured from records)
  • BDBangladesh≈1 in 11K
  • GYGuyana1 in 13K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)

≈15,000 people, est.

Sources
54 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)

Bangladesh, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kayum counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kayum is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BD Bangladesh#413≈15,000 est.≈1 in 11K—Kayum54
SA Saudi Arabia—≈280 est.≈1 in 121K—Kayum7
ID Indonesia—≈180 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Kayum21
IN India—1241 in 11M124Kayum50
AE United Arab Emirates—≈120 est.≈1 in 87K—Kayum8
OM Oman—≈58 est.≈1 in 80K—Kayum1
GY Guyana—561 in 13K56Kayum2
KW Kuwait—≈49 est.≈1 in 62K—Kayum4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kayum is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Turkish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, India, United States, Afghanistan

    Also written Kayüm, Kaýum

  • Russian given name13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Каюм, Kajum, Qayum, Kaium, Kai︠u︡m

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Kayum
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—2.1K#3,266
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—124#24,583
GY GuyanaGuyana — Official List of Electors July 2025202556#569

Reference works 1

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Kayum have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 15 thousand people named Kayum in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kayum.
How common is the name Kayum?
In India, the national register counted 124 people named Kayum, about 1 in 11 million residents.
How common is Kayum compared with other names?
In Bangladesh, Kayum is the 413th most common surname of 12,312 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kayum” — the 413th most common surname in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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