Akalam Surname
Approximately 310 people bear this surname
Akalam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 212 | 1:835,579 | 36,885 |
| India | 82 | 1:9,354,456 | 185,501 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Akalam (1,857) may also be a first name.
Akalam Demographics
Akalam Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Akalam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akalam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akalam (Hindi: अकलाम, Marathi: अकलाम, Oriya: ଅକଲମ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akalam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Akalam is the 872,430th most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 23,508,213 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Akalam live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 176,759th most frequently used given name internationally, borne by 1,857 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 212 people, or 1 in 835,579. In Nigeria Akalam is mostly found in: Kano, where 55 percent live, Rivers, where 40 percent live and Bayelsa, where 3 percent live. Beside Nigeria Akalam occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 26 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
Akalam Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Muslim (66%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akhalam | 92 | 8 | / |
| Akallam | 92 | 7 | / |
| Akalame | 92 | 2 | / |
| Hakalam | 92 | 2 | / |
| Aakalam | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ahkalam | 92 | 1 | / |
| Akkalam | 92 | 1 | / |
| Askallam | 86 | 4 | / |
| Akhalame | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ekalam | 83 | 142 | / |
| Okalam | 83 | 70 | / |
| Akolam | 83 | 61 | / |
| Aqalam | 83 | 25 | / |
| Akelam | 83 | 23 | / |
| Acalam | 83 | 3 | / |
| Akalom | 83 | 1 | / |
| Akhalamhe | 80 | 22 | / |
| Aqalame | 77 | 97 | / |
| Ekallam | 77 | 22 | / |
| Ekhalam | 77 | 13 | / |
| Aicalam | 77 | 9 | / |
| Aqalamh | 77 | 6 | / |
| Hacalam | 77 | 3 | / |
| Okallam | 77 | 2 | / |
| Akoulam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okealam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Acalaim | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akalome | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekkalam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekalamm | 77 | 1 | / |
| Askoolam | 71 | 4 | / |
| Aikeliam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Accallam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akelom | 67 | 19 | / |
| Akolom | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ekelam | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ecalam | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ekalom | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekolam | 67 | 1 | / |
Akalam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akalam in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅକଲମ | akalama | - |
| Akalam in the Hindi language | ||
| अकलाम | akalama | 73.55 |
| अ॰कलाम | akalama | 9.94 |
| अकलम | akalama | 8.44 |
| अ़कलाम | akalama | 5.82 |
| कलाम | kalama | 0.56 |
| अकालाम | akalama | 0.38 |
| अकालम | akalama | 0.38 |
| आकलाम | akalama | 0.19 |
| अखलाक | akhalaka | 0.19 |
| ंकलाम | nkalama | 0.19 |
| आकलम | akalama | 0.19 |
| Akalam in the Marathi language | ||
| अकलाम | akalama | 69.39 |
| अकलम | akalama | 12.24 |
| कलाम | kalama | 4.08 |
| सलाम | salama | 4.08 |
| कलम | kalama | 2.04 |
| आकलम | akalama | 2.04 |
| असलाम | asalama | 2.04 |
| कालम | kalama | 2.04 |
| अकलामािहम | akalamaihama | 2.04 |
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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 Akalam
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