Ghalem Surname
Approximately 15,132 people bear this surname
Ghalem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 12,607 | 1:3,064 | 414 |
| Morocco | 1,704 | 1:20,232 | 3,124 |
| France | 480 | 1:138,381 | 21,255 |
| Iran | 171 | 1:449,021 | 27,694 |
| Iraq | 73 | 1:479,749 | 8,022 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Ghalem (5,037) may also be a first name.
Ghalem Demographics
Average Ghalem Salary in
Canada
$32,747 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Ghalem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghalem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghalem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻠﻢ, Tibetan: དགའ་ལེམ།) has its highest incidence in Algeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghalem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 34,977th most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 481,598 people. The last name Ghalem occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Ghalem live; 95 percent live in North Africa and 95 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 95,793rd most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 5,037 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is carried by 12,607 people, or 1 in 3,064. In Algeria it is primarily concentrated in: Oran Province, where 28 percent are found, Tlemcen Province, where 9 percent are found and Aïn Defla Province, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Algeria this surname exists in 22 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 11 percent are found and France, where 3 percent are found.
Ghalem Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Ghalem surname is primarily Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
Ghalem earn significantly less than the average income. In Canada they earn 34.09% less than the national average, earning $32,747 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghalem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghalem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﻠﻢ | qlm | - |
| Ghalem in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགའ་ལེམ། | galem | 50 |
| དགའ་ལེགསམོ། | galegsamo | 50 |
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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 Ghalem
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