Giam Surname

266,307th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,468 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Singapore
Highest density in:
Singapore

Giam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Giam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Singapore3251:16,947714
Malaysia3201:92,1696,400
Papua New Guinea1611:50,6446,358
Indonesia1281:1,033,19775,404
Vietnam1201:772,0501,705
Thailand1161:608,951103,575
Hong Kong701:104,7931,905
United States611:5,941,950288,805
Philippines441:2,300,869126,392
Australia371:729,61448,196
England241:2,321,58686,519
Taiwan91:2,604,97216,335
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
China51:273,464,31313,838
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
France11:66,422,722504,397
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Giam (3,308) may also be a first name.

Giam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Giam Come From? nationality or country of origin

Giam (Georgian: გიამ) has its highest incidence in Singapore. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Giam click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Giam? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 266,307th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,964,268 people. The surname Giam is mostly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Giam live; 72 percent live in Southeast Asia and 31 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 124,341st most frequently used first name internationally, held by 3,308 people.

Giam is most frequent in Singapore, where it is held by 325 people, or 1 in 16,947. Apart from Singapore this surname exists in 33 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 22 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live.

Giam Last Name Statistics demography

Giam earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.83% less than the national average, earning $36,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Agiam8991/
Giham8916/
Ogiam892/
Ugiam891/
Giamm891/
Iam8620,382/
Ghiyam8015/
Gaiyam8014/
Jogiam8014/
Giaham802/
Gaijam801/
Goiyam801/
Gajiam801/
Hiam751,271/
Yiam75632/
Ijam75496/
Ziam75321/
Jiam75242/
Iham75231/
Geam75118/
Sgam7564/
Giom7554/
I'Am7510/
Iamm757/
Iame756/
Iaam754/
Ioam753/
Ieam752/
Jgam752/
Iamd752/
Iasm752/
Iaym751/
Iahm751/
Zgam751/
Wangiam7337/
Ijham672,590/
Hijam67197/
Aiyam6755/
Ihame6751/
Ayiam6749/
Jiham6736/
Giomt6729/
Oiyam6728/
Ijjam6724/
Jijam6719/
Iamme6714/
Jiame6713/
Egiom6712/
Aijam6710/
Ajiam679/
Hiame678/
Hiham676/
Eyiam674/
Iaham674/
Ijame673/
Eijam672/
Yiamh672/
Agiom672/
Aaiam672/
Dziam671/
Yiaim671/
Aiiam671/
Ieaum671/
Iajtm671/
Hieam671/
Oyiam671/
Eiyam671/
Jhgam671/
Yiame671/
Ihamm671/
Ijiam671/
Ujiam671/
Ijamm671/
Ijaim671/
Iaeem671/
Gihom671/
Uijam671/
Giomh671/

Giam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Giam in the Georgian language
გიამgiam-

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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 Giam
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