Colam Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Colam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 103 | 1:540,952 | 33,556 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 79 | 1:308,549 | 20,627 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Colam (10) may also be a first name.
Colam Demographics
Average Colam Salary in
England
£31,570
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Colam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Colam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Colam is found in England more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Colam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,364,059th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Colam reside; 65 percent reside in Northern Europe and 65 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name throughout the world, held by 10 people.
The surname is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 540,952. In England Colam is primarily concentrated in: Cambridgeshire, where 18 percent live, Greater London, where 18 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 16 percent live. Barring England this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 14 percent live and Australia, where 9 percent live.
Colam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Colam has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Colam last name increased 130 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Colam Last Name Statistics demography
Colam earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 4.68% less than the national average, earning R 226,512 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 Colam
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