Eelam Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Eelam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Eelam (431) may also be a first name.
Eelam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eelam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eelam (Arabic: ايلام, Hindi: ईलम) has its highest incidence in India. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Eelam? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,206,983rd most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Eelam live; 59 percent live in South Asia and 59 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 413,409th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 431 people.
Eelam is most widespread in India, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 59,005,029. In India it is most prevalent in: Telangana, where 62 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 38 percent are found. Not including India this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Qatar, where 41 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eelam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eelam in the Hindi language | ||
| ईलम | ilama | 45.65 |
| एेलम | eelama | 36.96 |
| ऐलम | ailama | 13.04 |
| नीलम | nilama | 4.35 |
| Eelam in the Arabic language | ||
| ايلام | aylam | - |
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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 Eelam
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