Catalam Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Guatemala

Catalam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Catalam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169

Catalam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Catalam is most common in Brazil. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Catalam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Catalam is the 4,206,983rd most frequent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Catalam live; 64 percent live in South America and 59 percent live in Luso-South America.

Catalam is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 16,467,256. In Brazil Catalam is most common in: São Paulo, where 62 percent live, Goiás, where 31 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 8 percent live. Barring Brazil this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 14 percent live and The Philippines, where 9 percent live.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Catalam
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