Cheam Surname
Approximately 3,495 people bear this surname
Cheam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 1,475 | 1:10,500 | 980 |
| Malaysia | 1,148 | 1:25,692 | 2,291 |
| United States | 240 | 1:1,510,246 | 102,670 |
| France | 196 | 1:338,891 | 51,103 |
| Singapore | 133 | 1:41,411 | 1,573 |
| Thailand | 84 | 1:840,933 | 134,389 |
| Canada | 79 | 1:466,400 | 40,200 |
| Australia | 48 | 1:562,410 | 41,290 |
| England | 37 | 1:1,505,893 | 64,828 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Cheam (750) may also be a first name.
Cheam Demographics
Average Cheam Salary in
United States
$40,242 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cheam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cheam is held by more people in Cambodia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 129,499th most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,085,135 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Cheam live; 81 percent live in Southeast Asia and 42 percent live in Khmer-Asia. It is also the 300,135th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 750 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Cambodia, where it is borne by 1,475 people, or 1 in 10,500. In Cambodia it is mostly found in: Kampong Thom Province, where 14 percent are found, Battambang Province, where 9 percent are found and Kandal Province, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Cambodia this last name exists in 25 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
Cheam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Cheam has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 3,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cheam Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Cheam are 18.56% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 71.79% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Cheam earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.74% less than the national average, earning $40,242 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.97% more than the national average, earning $51,657 CAD per year.
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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 Cheam
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