Ghayam Surname
Approximately 373 people bear this surname
Ghayam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 359 | 1:213,879 | 16,916 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Ghayam (730) may also be a first name.
Ghayam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghayam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ghayam (Marathi: घायम) is found most in Iran. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghayam? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 764,765th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 19,537,657 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Ghayam live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Ghayam is also the 305,109th most common given name world-wide, borne by 730 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Iran, where it is carried by 359 people, or 1 in 213,879. In Iran Ghayam is most frequent in: Isfahan Province, where 33 percent reside, Kerman Province, where 17 percent reside and Fars Province, where 11 percent reside. Besides Iran this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghayam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghayam in the Marathi language | ||
| घायम | ghayama | - |
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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 Ghayam
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