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Where Does The Last Name Chalam Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Chalam (Arabic: شالام, Bengali: ছালাম, Georgian: ჩალამ, Hindi: चलम, Marathi: चलम, Oriya: ଚଲମ) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chalam? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 158,518^th most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,645,207 people. Chalam is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Chalam reside; 86 percent reside in South Asia and 85 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Chalam is also the 125,940^th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 3,239 people.

It is most common in India, where it is carried by 2,355 people, or 1 in 325,718. In India Chalam is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 44 percent reside, Telangana, where 22 percent reside and Tamil Nadu, where 6 percent reside. Apart from India this surname exists in 30 countries. It also occurs in Bahrain, where 3 percent reside and Kuwait, where 2 percent reside.

Chalam Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Chalam has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Chalam last name grew 5,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Chalam Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Chalam surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the political party.

Chalam earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.56% more than the national average, earning $43,821 USD per year.