Elam Forename
81,986th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 6,425 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands
Elam Forename Definition:
E'-lam, a young man, a virgin, secret, an age. The eldest son of Shem, who settled in a country to which he gave his name. Gen. x. 22. It is frequently mentioned in Scripture, lying to the south-east of Shinar.
Elam Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 70% | 1,696 | 1:716,320 | 51,861 |
| Nigeria | 86% | 1,333 | 1:133,207 | 6,745 |
| United States | 100% | 722 | 1:502,129 | 13,227 |
| Indonesia | - | 578 | 1:446,304 | 34,759 |
| Israel | 95% | 377 | 1:22,289 | 2,016 |
| Pakistan | 74% | 354 | 1:549,033 | 12,213 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 171 | 1:308,704 | 10,649 |
| Malaysia | 70% | 165 | 1:184,545 | 10,946 |
| Brazil | 100% | 116 | 1:1,846,863 | 39,966 |
| Egypt | - | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| Kenya | 99% | 83 | 1:557,917 | 14,856 |
| Papua New Guinea | 69% | 82 | 1:99,418 | 9,076 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 74 | 1:7,851 | 832 |
| Peru | 74% | 72 | 1:441,548 | 8,263 |
| Honduras | 100% | 70 | 1:125,964 | 3,653 |
| Mexico | 89% | 55 | 1:2,257,171 | 12,720 |
| Philippines | 65% | 51 | 1:2,078,617 | 45,874 |
| Canada | - | 50 | 1:662,667 | 15,630 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 48 | 1:629,206 | 15,668 |
| South Africa | 69% | 23 | 1:2,370,985 | 66,309 |
| England | 100% | 18 | 1:3,089,051 | 33,607 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 16 | 1:376,146 | 7,303 |
| Iraq | 100% | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Uganda | 100% | 14 | 1:2,925,494 | 32,970 |
| Panama | 100% | 10 | 1:390,656 | 11,763 |
| Russia | 100% | 10 | 1:14,423,370 | 48,053 |
| Chile | 70% | 10 | 1:1,760,721 | 12,680 |
| Zimbabwe | 86% | 10 | 1:1,542,382 | 46,134 |
| Albania | 100% | 10 | 1:304,657 | 13,389 |
| Costa Rica | 83% | 7 | 1:681,135 | 8,843 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 7 | 1:3,087,215 | 57,282 |
| Sweden | 86% | 7 | 1:1,408,272 | 24,832 |
| Algeria | 100% | 6 | 1:6,362,787 | 10,855 |
| Turkey | 67% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Zambia | - | 4 | 1:3,963,698 | 31,018 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,365,080 | 16,011 |
| Niger | 67% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Guatemala | 50% | 3 | 1:5,369,476 | 9,171 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 50% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Lebanon | 50% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Norway | - | 2 | 1:2,566,164 | 24,989 |
| Singapore | - | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Belgium | - | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1 | 1:70,065,813 | 391,235 |
| Australia | - | 1 | 1:13,657,622 | 55,904 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Wales | - | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Netherlands | - | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Italy | 77% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
Elam (23,956) may also be a surname.
Elam Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
E'-lam, a young man, a virgin, secret, an age. The eldest son of Shem, who settled in a country to which he gave his name. Gen. x. 22. It is frequently mentioned in Scripture, lying to the south-east of Shinar.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: their heaps: suckling them: eternal.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Greek name, meaning: Man of purity. (Assyro-Babylonian) Highland.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Elam Forename Popularity
Elam Demographics
Average Male Elam Height
178.65 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 17 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Elam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elam in the Russian language | ||
| Элам | elam | - |
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