Challam Surname
Approximately 3,110 people bear this surname
Challam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,701 | 1:283,993 | 16,141 |
| Algeria | 373 | 1:103,570 | 15,243 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Challam (213) may also be a first name.
Challam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Challam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Challam (Marathi: चलन) occurs most in India. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Challam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 142,989th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,343,262 people. The surname Challam occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Challam reside; 87 percent reside in South Asia and 87 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 619,385th most frequently held forename internationally, borne by 213 people.
The last name is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 2,701 people, or 1 in 283,993. In India Challam is mostly concentrated in: Meghalaya, where 85 percent live, Telangana, where 9 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 4 percent live. Beside India it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 12 percent live and Spain, where 0 percent live.
Challam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Challam has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Challam surname increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Challam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Challam in the Marathi language | ||
| चलन | calana | - |
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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 Challam
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