Anam Surname
Approximately 156,754 people bear this surname
Anam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 83,738 | 1:1,579 | 164 |
| Bangladesh | 32,983 | 1:4,831 | 437 |
| Yemen | 18,209 | 1:1,451 | 219 |
| Pakistan | 4,336 | 1:41,200 | 1,796 |
| India | 4,199 | 1:182,678 | 11,143 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3,498 | 1:8,821 | 1,232 |
| Uganda | 1,991 | 1:19,608 | 2,903 |
| Nigeria | 1,530 | 1:115,780 | 7,670 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,489 | 1:6,153 | 782 |
| Kenya | 1,080 | 1:42,759 | 4,454 |
| Philippines | 758 | 1:133,560 | 22,696 |
| Malaysia | 548 | 1:53,822 | 4,171 |
| Cameroon | 369 | 1:56,285 | 7,266 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Iraq | 293 | 1:119,528 | 3,373 |
| Afghanistan | 239 | 1:134,532 | 3,041 |
| United States | 214 | 1:1,693,733 | 112,431 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Iran | 145 | 1:529,535 | 30,787 |
| Papua New Guinea | 140 | 1:58,241 | 7,447 |
| England | 95 | 1:586,506 | 35,379 |
| Qatar | 78 | 1:30,231 | 3,215 |
| Canada | 69 | 1:533,994 | 44,923 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Taiwan | 30 | 1:781,492 | 5,561 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Thailand | 24 | 1:2,943,264 | 289,518 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Palestine | 8 | 1:568,606 | 13,348 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Añam (1) are calculated separately.
Anam (261,241) may also be a first name.
Anam Demographics
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Anam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Anam (Arabic: عنام, Bengali: এনাম, Hindi: अनम, Marathi: आञाम, Oriya: ଅନାମ, Russian: Анам, Tibetan: ཨ་ནམ་) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may also occur as a variant: Añam. Click here to see other potential spellings of Anam.
How Common Is The Last Name Anam? popularity and diffusion
Anam is the 3,582nd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 46,490 people. The last name Anam occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Anam are found; 54 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 54 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Anam is also the 4,030th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 261,241 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 83,738 people, or 1 in 1,579. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: East Java, where 66 percent live, Central Java, where 15 percent live and West Java, where 4 percent live. Outside of Indonesia this last name exists in 66 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 21 percent live and Yemen, where 12 percent live.
Anam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Anam has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Anam last name expanded 7,133 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 9,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Anam Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Druze (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Anam surname are 7.3% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60.53% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Anam earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 13.11% more than the national average, earning $48,805 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.12% more than the national average, earning $57,692 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Anam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Anam in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨ་ནམ་ | anam | - |
| Anam in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅନାମ | anama | 97.98 |
| ଆନାମ | anama | 0.31 |
| ଅନମ | anama | 0.12 |
| ଅନାମ୍ | anam | 0.05 |
| ଆନମ | anama | 0.04 |
| ଅନାଦି | anadi | 0.03 |
| ଅନମ୍ | anam | 0.01 |
| ଏେନମ୍ | eenam | 0.01 |
| ଅଞମ | anama | 0.01 |
| ଏନାମ୍ | enam | 0.01 |
| ନାମ | nama | 0.01 |
| Anam in the Hindi language | ||
| अनम | anama | 91.85 |
| अनाम | anama | 4.09 |
| आनम | anama | 3.34 |
| एनाम | enama | 0.3 |
| ानम | anama | 0.06 |
| अनम़ | anama | 0.03 |
| अन्म | anma | 0.03 |
| इनाम | inama | 0.03 |
| आनाम | anama | 0.03 |
| Anam in the Bengali language | ||
| এনাম | enama | 60 |
| অনম | anama | 20 |
| আনাম | anama | 10 |
| আনম | anama | 10 |
| Anam in the Marathi language | ||
| आञाम | anama | 51.89 |
| अनम | anama | 30.8 |
| अनाम | anama | 8.29 |
| आनम | anama | 6.08 |
| अञाम | anama | 0.77 |
| आणम | anama | 0.77 |
| अणम | anama | 0.51 |
| आनाम | anama | 0.26 |
| आञम | anama | 0.09 |
| ानम | anama | 0.04 |
| Anam in the Russian language | ||
| Анам | anam | - |
| Anam in the Arabic language | ||
| عنام | nam | - |
| انام | anam | - |
| انعم | anm | - |
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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 Anam
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