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) has its highest incidence in Iran. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghayam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 764,765th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 19,537,657 people. This surname occurs mostly 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 first name throughout the world It is held by 730 people.
Ghayam is most common in Iran, where it is held by 359 people, or 1 in 213,879. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Isfahan Province, where 33 percent live, Kerman Province, where 17 percent live and Fars Province, where 11 percent live. Other than Iran this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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