Echam Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Echam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 108 | 1:192,306 | 19,984 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Echam (60) may also be a first name.
Echam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Echam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Echam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻡ) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Echam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,518,885th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Echam are found; 78 percent are found in Central Africa and 78 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Echam is also the 1,270,172nd most commonly used forename throughout the world, borne by 60 people.
Echam is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 192,306. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 74 percent live, Southwest Region, where 22 percent live and Centre Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 7 percent live and Uganda, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Echam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Echam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻡ | alsham | 75 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻡ | alsam | 25 |
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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 Echam
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