Hitam Surname
Approximately 2,465 people bear this surname
Hitam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1,328 | 1:22,210 | 2,033 |
| Indonesia | 449 | 1:294,542 | 26,249 |
| Brunei | 328 | 1:1,277 | 255 |
| Pakistan | 180 | 1:992,466 | 12,920 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Hitam (3,325) may also be a first name.
Hitam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hitam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hitam (Arabic: هيتام, Hindi: हीतम, Marathi: िहतम, Oriya: ହିତାମ) is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Hitam.
How Common Is The Last Name Hitam? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 174,135th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,956,408 people. Hitam occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Hitam are found; 86 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 85 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 123,897th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 3,325 people.
Hitam is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 1,328 people, or 1 in 22,210. In Malaysia Hitam is most numerous in: Terengganu, where 35 percent live, Pahang, where 18 percent live and Selangor, where 13 percent live. Excluding Malaysia this last name exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 18 percent live and Brunei, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hitam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hitam in the Oriya language | ||
| ହିତାମ | hitama | 90 |
| ହୀତମ | hitama | 10 |
| Hitam in the Marathi language | ||
| िहतम | ihatama | 75 |
| सीताराम | sitarama | 25 |
| Hitam in the Hindi language | ||
| हीतम | hitama | 71.43 |
| हितम | hitama | 28.57 |
| Hitam in the Arabic language | ||
| هيتام | hytam | - |
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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 Hitam
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