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
The last name Chanam (Hindi: चनम, Marathi: चानम, Tibetan: ཕྱག་བསྣམས།) is more commonly found in Thailand than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 839,220th most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 22,218,128 people. 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 frequently occurring given name globally, borne by 2,327 people.
It is most prevalent in Thailand, where it is held by 185 people, or 1 in 381,829. In Thailand it is mostly concentrated in: Roi Et Province, where 94 percent live, Bangkok, where 2 percent live and Songkhla Province, where 2 percent live. Other than Thailand it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in India, where 33 percent live and Peru, where 4 percent live.
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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- 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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