Exam Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Namibia

Exam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Exam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Exam (27) may also be a first name.

Exam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Exam is most common in Iran. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Exam.

How Common Is The Last Name Exam? popularity and diffusion

Exam is the 10,311,814th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Exam occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Exam live; 67 percent live in South Asia and 67 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,036,353rd most prevalent forename at a global level, borne by 27 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Iran, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 38,391,262. In Iran it is most common in: Mazandaran Province, where 50 percent live and Zanjan Province, where 50 percent live. Apart from Iran this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Namibia, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Exame892,131/
Exham8935/
Hexam890/
Hexham8087/
Exsame801/
Esam7550,917/
Ejam75515/
Ecam75304/
Axam75264/
Ezam75169/
Exan75100/
Exom7553/
Ixam753/
Exem752/
Jxam751/
Oxam751/
Essam67216,780/
Hezam672,601/
Eesam672,535/
Hesam672,046/
Esaam671,649/
Easom671,376/
Esham671,013/
Esame67709/
Easam67379/
Exane67182/
Hexom67175/
Etsam67155/
Echam67137/
Ehsam67109/
Edjam67103/
Hejam6792/
Hexem6783/
Exant6765/
Hexan6764/
Gesam6755/
Exsan6752/
Eziam6748/
Ezham6735/
Aaxam6729/
Ezame6726/
Eisam6725/
Ezeam6719/
Ezaim6716/
Iesam6712/
Exome6712/
Ejjam6710/
Esiam6710/
Exean6710/
Ejaim679/
Axham679/
Escam678/
Ejaam675/
Ezzam675/
Eajam674/
Esamm674/
Eizam674/
Esgam674/
Iseam674/
Egjam674/
Esamg674/
Gezam674/
Eazam674/
Eksam673/
Hecam673/
Ekzam673/
Erzam673/
Edsam672/
Eszam672/
Axzam672/
Eijam672/
Haxam672/
Jkxam671/
Ejaum671/
Eysam671/
Exhan671/
Eezam671/
Esasm671/
Esaim671/
Hečam671/
Eseam671/
Ejsam671/
Exahn671/
Easem670/
Oxham670/

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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 Exam
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