Asam Surname
Approximately 10,529 people bear this surname
Asam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,821 | 1:271,913 | 15,513 |
| Germany | 1,389 | 1:57,959 | 7,489 |
| Egypt | 976 | 1:94,196 | 8,120 |
| Pakistan | 838 | 1:213,179 | 5,091 |
| Sri Lanka | 658 | 1:31,624 | 3,961 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Nigeria | 566 | 1:312,973 | 17,327 |
| United States | 420 | 1:862,997 | 65,593 |
| Indonesia | 381 | 1:347,111 | 30,049 |
| Philippines | 217 | 1:466,536 | 56,377 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Malaysia | 174 | 1:169,507 | 10,320 |
| Iran | 150 | 1:511,883 | 30,108 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Cameroon | 121 | 1:171,645 | 18,315 |
| United Arab Emirates | 109 | 1:84,058 | 7,655 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100 | 1:81,537 | 10,792 |
| England | 95 | 1:586,506 | 35,379 |
| Iraq | 68 | 1:515,024 | 8,412 |
| Argentina | 62 | 1:689,410 | 47,472 |
| Qatar | 53 | 1:44,491 | 4,459 |
| Brazil | 52 | 1:4,116,814 | 111,429 |
| Italy | 51 | 1:1,199,151 | 74,752 |
| Afghanistan | 36 | 1:893,144 | 8,921 |
| Denmark | 22 | 1:256,578 | 19,736 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Thailand | 21 | 1:3,363,731 | 310,277 |
| Kenya | 16 | 1:2,886,244 | 37,784 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Yemen | 7 | 1:3,775,042 | 17,439 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1:7,962,345 | 23,614 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
The alternate forms: Aşam (851) are calculated separately.
Asam (14,097) may also be a first name.
Asam Demographics
Average Asam Salary in
United States
$51,009 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Asam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Asam (Bengali: অসম, Hindi: आसम, Marathi: आसम, Oriya: ଆସାମ, Russian: Асам) has its highest incidence in India. It can occur as: Aşam. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Asam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 48,903rd most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 692,140 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 55 percent of Asam are found; 43 percent are found in South Asia and 33 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 48,396th most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 14,097 people.
The last name is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 2,821 people, or 1 in 271,913. In India Asam is mostly concentrated in: Telangana, where 41 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 24 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 20 percent are found. Not including India Asam is found in 68 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 13 percent are found and Egypt, where 9 percent are found.
Asam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Asam has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 1,909 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Asam Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Asam surname are 6.96% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.19% being registered with the political party.
The amount Asam earn in different countries varies markedly. In Colombia they earn 21.43% less than the national average, earning $17,836,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 18.22% more than the national average, earning $51,009 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.17% less than the national average, earning $48,606 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asam in the Marathi language | ||
| आसम | asama | 81.62 |
| आसाम | asama | 10.31 |
| असम | asama | 6.13 |
| असाम | asama | 0.93 |
| ासम | asama | 0.28 |
| आसमा | asama | 0.28 |
| असमा | asama | 0.19 |
| असं | asam | 0.09 |
| Asam in the Bengali language | ||
| অসম | asama | 80 |
| আসাম | asama | 20 |
| Asam in the Hindi language | ||
| आसम | asama | 75.72 |
| असम | asama | 11.86 |
| आसाम | asama | 7.25 |
| ासम | asama | 2.15 |
| असाम | asama | 1.43 |
| आसमा़ | asama | 0.64 |
| आसमा | asama | 0.4 |
| असमा़ | asama | 0.16 |
| एसम | esama | 0.08 |
| एशम | esama | 0.08 |
| आसद | asada | 0.08 |
| आजम | ajama | 0.08 |
| Asam in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆସାମ | asama | 54.55 |
| ଆସମ | asama | 16.88 |
| ଆଶାମ | asama | 9.09 |
| ଅସମ | asama | 6.49 |
| ଆସାମତାି | asamatai | 3.9 |
| ଆସମା | asama | 2.6 |
| ଆଶାମ୍ | asam | 1.3 |
| ଅସାମ | asama | 1.3 |
| ଆସାମ୍ | asam | 1.3 |
| ଆଷାମ | asama | 1.3 |
| ଅଶାମ | asama | 1.3 |
| Asam in the Russian language | ||
| Асам | asam | - |
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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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- 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 Asam
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