Ghalam Surname
Approximately 616 people bear this surname
Ghalam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 342 | 1:224,510 | 17,544 |
| Pakistan | 185 | 1:965,643 | 12,741 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Ghalam (739) may also be a first name.
Ghalam Demographics
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Ghalam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghalam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghalam (Marathi: घेालम) occurs in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghalam? popularity and diffusion
Ghalam is the 526,285th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 11,830,432 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Ghalam are found; 89 percent are found in South Asia and 86 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Ghalam is also the 302,719th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 739 people.
The last name Ghalam is most prevalent in Iran, where it is carried by 342 people, or 1 in 224,510. In Iran Ghalam is most prevalent in: Golestan Province, where 40 percent live, Tehran Province, where 16 percent live and North Khorasan Province, where 15 percent live. Aside from Iran it occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 30 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Ghalam Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ghalam last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Ghalam earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 24.07% more than the national average, earning $53,533 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.48% more than the national average, earning $61,843 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghalam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghalam in the Marathi language | ||
| घेालम | ghealama | 80 |
| घलम | ghalama | 20 |
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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 Ghalam
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