Ghasim Surname
Approximately 255 people bear this surname
Ghasim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 160 | 1:826,557 | 62,551 |
| Iran | 76 | 1:1,010,296 | 46,499 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Ghasim (277) may also be a first name.
Ghasim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghasim Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ghasim (Hindi: घसीम, Marathi: घिसम, Oriya: ଘାସିମ୍) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ghasim.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghasim? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,001,271st most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 28,578,611 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Ghasim live; 63 percent live in Southeast Asia and 63 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 533,704th most frequently used forename worldwide, borne by 277 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 160 people, or 1 in 826,557. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: West Java, where 99 percent live. Excluding Indonesia this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 30 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghasim Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghasim in the Oriya language | ||
| ଘାସିମ୍ | ghasim | - |
| Ghasim in the Marathi language | ||
| घिसम | ghisama | 75 |
| घासीम | ghasima | 25 |
| Ghasim in the Hindi language | ||
| घसीम | ghasima | 38.46 |
| घसिम | ghasima | 38.46 |
| घासीम | ghasima | 7.69 |
| घासिम | ghasima | 7.69 |
| हासिम | hasima | 7.69 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ghasim
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