Chelam Surname
Approximately 233 people bear this surname
Chelam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 112 | 1:6,848,798 | 152,966 |
| Uganda | 74 | 1:527,558 | 29,544 |
| Romania | 27 | 1:743,625 | 50,353 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Chelam (93) may also be a first name.
Chelam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chelam (Hindi: चेलम, Marathi: चेलम, Oriya: େଚଲମ, Russian: Челам) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,067,497th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,277,021 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 55 percent of Chelam live; 48 percent live in South Asia and 48 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Chelam is also the 986,211th most widely held given name internationally, borne by 93 people.
The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 6,848,798. In India Chelam is primarily found in: Telangana, where 57 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 28 percent are found and Tamil Nadu, where 5 percent are found. Aside from India Chelam is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 32 percent are found and Romania, where 12 percent are found.
Chelam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Chelam has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Chelam surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chelam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chelam in the Hindi language | ||
| चेलम | celama | - |
| Chelam in the Oriya language | ||
| େଚଲମ | ecalama | - |
| Chelam in the Marathi language | ||
| चेलम | celama | 58.82 |
| चेलाम | celama | 41.18 |
| Chelam in the Russian language | ||
| Челам | celam | - |
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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 Chelam
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