Claim Surname

924,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 286 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Claim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Claim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan2801:638,0149,945
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Claim (58) may also be a first name.

Claim Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Claim Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Claim has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Claim? popularity and diffusion

It is the 924,083rd most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,480,930 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Claim live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,295,729th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 58 people.

Claim is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is held by 280 people, or 1 in 638,014. In Pakistan Claim is most prevalent in: Sindh, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Pakistan this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and Egypt, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kclaim911/
Claiom911/
Claiam910/
Clim891,999/
Clam89790/
Classim8317/
Clausim830/
Clain808,982/
Clime80503/
Chlam80432/
Cleim80216/
Klaim80100/
Clame8084/
Cleam803/
Claym803/
Cliem801/
Clamm801/
Chlim801/
Cliam801/
Tclim801/
Climm800/
Claychim7713/
Claussim771/
Claine73303/
Cleham73225/
Clamme73192/
Claing73167/
Klatim73104/
Clasin7369/
Cellam7359/
Chlyam7357/
Cellim7345/
Chlaem7340/
Klaime7334/
Cliame7329/
Khlaim7326/
Clasem739/
Klaiam738/
Clatin735/
Chliam733/
Claian732/
Cleame731/
Clayom731/
Clayme731/
Chllam731/
Chlame731/
Cloime731/
Cleamh731/
Cillam731/
Clamng731/
Chlgam731/
Clainn731/
Claien730/
Cclain730/
Claymn730/
Claham730/
Clem6712,556/
Klim678,601/
Klam671,796/
Chellam671,271/
Clan67519/
Clasing67441/
Climova67134/
Clausin67102/
Khlaiam6789/
Chellim6751/
Klaytim6742/
Chillam6739/
Zlam6736/
Khlaiem6719/
Clausem6718/
Zlim6710/
Khlaiim678/
Kladtim677/
Klaitim676/
Chillim676/
Classin675/
Claasin674/
Cliacin674/
Claisen673/
Clawien673/
Clayham673/
Celliam672/
Claytin672/
Qlam672/
Clahame671/
Clym671/
Klayiem671/
Classem671/
Cilliam671/
Clayion671/
Clayome671/
Klaihom671/
Claindt671/
Clém671/
Claisne670/
Clissem670/
Clautin670/

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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 Claim
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