Gyam Surname
Approximately 680 people bear this surname
Gyam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 360 | 1:492,063 | 24,644 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Gyam (258) may also be a first name.
Gyam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gyam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gyam (Hindi: ज्ञाम, Tibetan: མགོནམ་) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gyam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 487,899th most frequent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,716,979 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Gyam reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gyam is also the 554,411th most numerous given name globally, held by 258 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 360 people, or 1 in 492,063. In Nigeria Gyam is most numerous in: Benue, where 41 percent reside, Kaduna, where 35 percent reside and Kano, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 41 percent reside and India, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gyam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gyam in the Hindi language | ||
| ज्ञाम | jnama | 87.5 |
| ग्याम | gyama | 12.5 |
| Gyam in the Tibetan language | ||
| མགོནམ་ | gonam | 25 |
| དགོནམ་ | gonam | 25 |
| གེམ་ | gem | 18.75 |
| རྒྱལམོ་ | gyalmo | 12.5 |
| དགེནམ་ | genam | 6.25 |
| དགེན་ | gen | 6.25 |
| གེ་ཡམ་ | géyam | 6.25 |
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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 Gyam
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