Begaum Surname
Approximately 1,709 people bear this surname
Begaum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,627 | 1:471,460 | 24,094 |
| Pakistan | 66 | 1:2,706,726 | 22,920 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
Begaum (109) may also be a first name.
Begaum Demographics
Average Begaum Salary in
United States
$21,083 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Begaum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Begaum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Begaum (Hindi: बेगम, Marathi: बेगम, Oriya: େବଗମ) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Begaum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 235,462nd most frequent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 4,264,216 people. The surname Begaum occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Begaum are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 900,062nd most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 109 people.
This last name is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 1,627 people, or 1 in 471,460. In India Begaum is most common in: Assam, where 39 percent reside, Bihar, where 35 percent reside and Telangana, where 6 percent reside. Besides India this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 4 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.
Begaum Last Name Statistics demography
Begaum earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 51.14% less than the national average, earning $21,083 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Begaum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Begaum in the Marathi language | ||
| बेगम | begama | 94.74 |
| बेगौम | begauma | 5.26 |
| Begaum in the Oriya language | ||
| େବଗମ | ebagama | 75 |
| େବଗମ୍ | ebagam | 25 |
| Begaum in the Hindi language | ||
| बेगम | begama | 58.18 |
| बेगौम | begauma | 32.73 |
| वेगम | vegama | 5.45 |
| बेगुम | beguma | 1.82 |
| बे्गम | begama | 1.82 |
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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 Begaum
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