Altwam Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Altwam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Altwam Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Altwam Last Name Facts

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

Altwam is found most frequently in Egypt. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Altwam? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,620,164th most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Altwam live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

This surname is most numerous in Egypt, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Apart from Egypt it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Altwaim92719/
Altwhame861/
Eltwam83122/
Eltwaam779/
Altwahne711/
Altwaineh671/
Altwon671/
Altwein62193/
Altuhan627/
Aldbahm622/
Haldwan622/
Alduhaim57958/
Altwoine572/
Alduhaym571/
Altuaina571/
Altouhan571/
Alduan50185/
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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 Altwam
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