Chuam Surname
Approximately 324 people bear this surname
Chuam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 303 | 1:51,113 | 1,844 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chuam (266) may also be a first name.
Chuam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chuam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chuam has its highest incidence in Cambodia. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chuam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chuam is the 846,108th most frequent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 22,492,426 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Chuam reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 94 percent reside in Khmer-Asia. It is also the 545,281st most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 266 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Cambodia, where it is held by 303 people, or 1 in 51,113. In Cambodia Chuam is mostly found in: Battambang Province, where 50 percent are found, Siem Reap Province, where 20 percent are found and Banteay Meanchey Province, where 7 percent are found. Besides Cambodia this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 2 percent are found and Taiwan, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Chuam
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