Imam Surname
Approximately 289,649 people bear this surname
Imam Surname User-submission:
- People with this last name may have ancestors who were imams.
Imam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 50,345 | 1:639 | 83 |
| Bangladesh | 40,012 | 1:3,983 | 375 |
| India | 34,152 | 1:22,460 | 1,731 |
| Sudan | 32,200 | 1:1,165 | 164 |
| Nigeria | 28,086 | 1:6,307 | 768 |
| Egypt | 24,986 | 1:3,679 | 502 |
| Iran | 19,189 | 1:4,001 | 543 |
| Indonesia | 15,255 | 1:8,669 | 1,119 |
| Pakistan | 11,236 | 1:15,899 | 1,021 |
| Saudi Arabia | 7,274 | 1:4,242 | 568 |
| Philippines | 5,927 | 1:17,081 | 1,981 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2,453 | 1:3,735 | 479 |
| Ethiopia | 2,254 | 1:43,277 | 4,742 |
| Chad | 2,215 | 1:6,136 | 908 |
| Morocco | 1,363 | 1:25,294 | 3,996 |
| Jordan | 1,331 | 1:6,643 | 1,307 |
| United States | 1,116 | 1:324,784 | 29,552 |
| Kuwait | 955 | 1:3,980 | 524 |
| Yemen | 741 | 1:35,662 | 3,226 |
| Qatar | 724 | 1:3,257 | 313 |
| Turkey | 719 | 1:108,236 | 9,251 |
| Iraq | 650 | 1:53,879 | 2,073 |
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| England | 503 | 1:110,771 | 11,442 |
| Greece | 480 | 1:23,083 | 3,403 |
| Palestine | 476 | 1:9,556 | 1,938 |
| Bulgaria | 464 | 1:15,041 | 1,505 |
| Oman | 464 | 1:7,948 | 1,098 |
| Syria | 392 | 1:49,237 | 2,595 |
| Canada | 314 | 1:117,343 | 12,424 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Thailand | 276 | 1:255,936 | 43,511 |
| Malaysia | 271 | 1:108,835 | 7,329 |
| Bahrain | 235 | 1:5,739 | 1,064 |
| France | 227 | 1:292,611 | 44,838 |
| Tanzania | 219 | 1:241,743 | 19,666 |
| Algeria | 201 | 1:192,197 | 23,253 |
| Russia | 162 | 1:889,648 | 70,971 |
| South Africa | 127 | 1:426,596 | 36,772 |
| Mauritania | 120 | 1:34,124 | 2,752 |
| Australia | 82 | 1:329,216 | 28,102 |
| Germany | 69 | 1:1,166,746 | 76,492 |
| Sweden | 56 | 1:175,835 | 12,146 |
| Lebanon | 50 | 1:112,742 | 6,349 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 35 | 1:38,971 | 3,714 |
| Benin | 25 | 1:413,424 | 29,829 |
| Spain | 25 | 1:1,870,081 | 51,392 |
| Northern Cyprus | 24 | 1:13,292 | 3,416 |
| Taiwan | 24 | 1:976,864 | 6,814 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Guyana | 19 | 1:40,117 | 3,928 |
| New Zealand | 17 | 1:266,372 | 23,826 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Azerbaijan | 10 | 1:964,912 | 14,691 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Swaziland | 9 | 1:144,244 | 719 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | 1:2,210,312 | 95,036 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 1:1,194,531 | 65,188 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Eritrea | 4 | 1:1,187,975 | 480 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Imam (802,075) may also be a first name.
Imam Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
- An imam is an Islamic leadership position. It is most commonly in the context of a worship leader of a mosque and Muslim community by Sunni Muslims.
- People with this last name may have ancestors who were imams.
- During the Soviet rule, last names were Russified, which is why Imamov ends with 'ov'.
This surname means 'religious leader', 'one who leads prayer for Muslims', 'leader of a mosque'.
- zalemamImam Demographics
Average Male Imam Height
170.49 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Imam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Imam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Imam (Arabic: الأمام, Bengali: ইমাম, Georgian: იმამ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺎﻡ, Hindi: इमाम, Marathi: इमाम, Oriya: ଇମାମ, Russian: Имам) is borne by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Imam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,893rd most commonly used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 25,160 people. Imam occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Imam are found; 54 percent are found in South Asia and 42 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Imam is also the 1,172nd most frequently held first name globally, borne by 802,075 people.
The surname Imam is most widespread in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 50,345 people, or 1 in 639. In Afghanistan Imam is most frequent in: Takhar, where 23 percent live, Badakhshan, where 16 percent live and Kunduz, where 14 percent live. Barring Afghanistan it exists in 105 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 14 percent live and India, where 12 percent live.
Imam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Imam has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 55,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Imam Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Russia, Sunni (100%) in Lebanon and Muslim (96%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Imam are 2.12% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.11% being registered with the party.
The amount Imam earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 29.81% less than the national average, earning 242,916 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 15.85% less than the national average, earning R 199,968 per year; in United States they earn 18.14% more than the national average, earning $50,976 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.52% more than the national average, earning $54,908 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Imam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Imam in the Georgian language | ||
| იმამ | imam | - |
| Imam in the Bengali language | ||
| ইমাম | imama | - |
| Imam in the Hindi language | ||
| इमाम | imama | 95.18 |
| ईमाम | imama | 4.52 |
| इमम | imama | 0.07 |
| इराम | irama | 0.01 |
| एमाम | emama | 0.01 |
| इमान | imana | 0.01 |
| ईमम | imama | 0.01 |
| इनाम | inama | 0.01 |
| Imam in the Marathi language | ||
| इमाम | imama | 90.04 |
| ईमाम | imama | 9.68 |
| इमम | imama | 0.04 |
| इमामा | imama | 0.02 |
| ईमामा | imama | 0.01 |
| माम | mama | 0.01 |
| Imam in the Oriya language | ||
| ଇମାମ | imama | 74.4 |
| ଇମାମ୍ | imam | 18.4 |
| ଇମମ | imama | 1.2 |
| ଈମାମ | imama | 1.2 |
| ଈମାମ୍ | imam | 0.8 |
| ମହ | maha | 0.8 |
| ଏମାମ | emama | 0.4 |
| ଏମମ | emama | 0.4 |
| Imam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺎﻡ | amam | 55.74 |
| ﺇﻣﺎﻡ | amam | 36.07 |
| ﺍﻹﻣﺎﻡ | alamam | 6.56 |
| ﺍﻻﻣﺎﻡ | alamam | 1.64 |
| Imam in the Russian language | ||
| Имам | imam | - |
| Imam in the Arabic language | ||
| الأمام | alamam | - |
| الإمام | alamam | - |
| الامام | alamam | - |
| إمامه | amamh | - |
| إمام | amam | - |
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