Chanam Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Chanam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 185 | 1:381,829 | 67,077 |
| India | 109 | 1:7,037,297 | 155,647 |
| Peru | 12 | 1:2,648,677 | 28,015 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Chanam (2,327) may also be a first name.
Chanam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chanam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chanam (Hindi: चनम, Marathi: चानम, Tibetan: ཕྱག་བསྣམས།) occurs most in Thailand. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 839,220th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 22,218,128 people. The surname Chanam occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Chanam live; 56 percent live in Southeast Asia and 56 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 154,260th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 2,327 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Thailand, where it is carried by 185 people, or 1 in 381,829. In Thailand it is primarily concentrated in: Roi Et Province, where 94 percent reside, Bangkok, where 2 percent reside and Songkhla Province, where 2 percent reside. Other than Thailand this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in India, where 33 percent reside and Peru, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chanam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chanam in the Hindi language | ||
| चनम | canama | 69.23 |
| चानम | canama | 23.08 |
| चमन | camana | 3.85 |
| चनाम | canama | 3.85 |
| Chanam in the Marathi language | ||
| चानम | canama | 60.87 |
| चै़ञाम | cainama | 17.39 |
| चनाम | canama | 8.7 |
| चनम | canama | 4.35 |
| छनम | chanama | 4.35 |
| चणम | canama | 4.35 |
| Chanam in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཕྱག་བསྣམས། | chaknam | 50 |
| ཆ་ནམ་ | chanam | 50 |
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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 Chanam
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