Chonam Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Chonam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 89 | 1:793,689 | 128,670 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Chonam (59) may also be a first name.
Chonam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chonam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chonam is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chonam.
How Common Is The Last Name Chonam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chonam is the 1,931,261st most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Chonam live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 96 percent live in Tai-Asia. Chonam is also the 1,282,666th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 59 people.
The last name Chonam is most frequent in Thailand, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 793,689. In Thailand Chonam is primarily concentrated in: Pattani Province, where 45 percent live, Phetchaburi Province, where 33 percent live and Bangkok, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Thailand this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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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 Chonam
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