Amalam Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Amalam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amalam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria731:2,426,61380,686
India151:51,137,692512,385
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Amalam (94) may also be a first name.

Amalam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Amalam (Hindi: अमलम, Marathi: अमलम) is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amalam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,882,912th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Amalam reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amalam is also the 980,251st most common first name on earth, held by 94 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 73 people, or 1 in 2,426,613. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Plateau, where 85 percent are found, Lagos, where 11 percent are found and Bauchi, where 1 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in India, where 15 percent are found and Niger, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Amalam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Amalam in the Hindi language
अमलमamalama-
Amalam in the Marathi language
अमलमamalama-

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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 Amalam
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