Dostam Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Dostam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dostam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran241:3,199,27294,565
Pakistan71:25,520,55584,222
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Dostam (123) may also be a first name.

Dostam Last Name Facts

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

Dostam (Hindi: दोस्तम, Marathi: तम) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dostam? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dostam is the 3,228,735th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Dostam are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 86 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Dostam is also the 840,349th most prevalent forename in the world It is held by 123 people.

It is most frequently used in Iran, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 3,199,272. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Qom Province, where 58 percent are found, West Azerbaijan Province, where 38 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Iran this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 19 percent are found and India, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doostam921/
Dostgam921/
Dotam913/
Dostan831,369/
Dastam83416/
Dhotam834/
Dottam833/
Destam831/
Dustam831/
Dotham831/
Dosztan7762/
Dostand7757/
Dostain7747/
Doustan7745/
Doostan7729/
Dostaan778/
Dhotham774/
Dosthan773/
Dashtam772/
Doutgam771/
Dushtam771/
Dostane771/
Dostant771/
Dotan73723/
Datam73361/
Dotom735/
Doostgan711/
Dastan679,254/
Dothan671,774/
Dattam67510/
Dostanova67297/
Doston67290/
Datham6796/
Dhatam6730/
Dastamova6720/
Doutan6717/
Dhotan6712/
Destom676/
Dotane676/
Dataam674/
Dostonova673/
Datame673/
Dateam672/
Doutom672/
Dottan672/
Duotan672/
Dotain672/
Dohtom672/
Dotaan671/
Doitom671/
Daatam671/
Dautam671/
Dastom671/
Dotang671/
Dothom671/
Dotoum671/

Dostam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dostam in the Marathi language
तमtama-
Dostam in the Hindi language
दोस्तमdostama66.67
दोस्तांdostam33.33

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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 Dostam
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