Hekam Surname
Approximately 4,185 people bear this surname
Hekam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 4,155 | 1:18,480 | 2,367 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hekam (70) may also be a first name.
Hekam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hekam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hekam (Hindi: हेकम, Marathi: हेकाम, Oriya: େହକମ) occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hekam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 111,012th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,741,349 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Hekam live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Hekam is also the 1,162,016th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 70 people.
Hekam is most common in Iran, where it is carried by 4,155 people, or 1 in 18,480. In Iran Hekam is most frequent in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 56 percent live, Tehran Province, where 15 percent live and Golestan Province, where 9 percent live. Not including Iran this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 0 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hekam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hekam in the Hindi language | ||
| हेकम | hekama | - |
| Hekam in the Oriya language | ||
| େହକମ | ehakama | - |
| Hekam in the Marathi language | ||
| हेकाम | hekama | 62.5 |
| टेकाम | tekama | 37.5 |
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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 Hekam
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