Arwam Surname

357,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,014 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Arwam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arwam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1,0111:130,81013,095
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Arwam (30) may also be a first name.

Arwam Last Name Facts

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

Arwam is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Arwam.

How Common Is The Last Name Arwam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 357,784th most widely held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 7,186,929 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 93 percent of Arwam live; 93 percent live in Oceania Islands and 93 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Arwam is also the 1,911,214th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 30 people.

The last name Arwam is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,011 people, or 1 in 130,810. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Papua, where 88 percent live, West Papua, where 5 percent live and South Sulawesi, where 5 percent live. Barring Indonesia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arwan803,468/
Arvam8056/
Orwam8047/
Arbam804/
Aruam804/
Arwom801/
Harwan73289/
Arbaim7352/
Airwan7311/
Orwuam736/
Arwane735/
Harbam734/
Arzwan732/
Aruame732/
Earwan731/
Airuam731/
Arhwan731/
Gorwam731/
Orwamg731/
Arwain731/
Aurbam731/
Harbaum67260/
Harbham6749/
Orwasem677/
Harwane673/
Arbaaim671/
Arhwang671/
Airbaim671/
Arouham671/
Harruam671/

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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 Arwam
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