Istam Surname
Approximately 322 people bear this surname
Istam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 292 | 1:2,626,936 | 82,479 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Istam (5,372) may also be a first name.
Istam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Istam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Istam (Hindi: इस्ताम, Marathi: टाम, Russian: Истам) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Istam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 849,693rd most frequently used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 22,632,130 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Istam reside; 93 percent reside in South Asia and 91 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 91,921st most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 5,372 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 292 people, or 1 in 2,626,936. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 75 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 6 percent live and Madhya Pradesh, where 5 percent live. Excluding India this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 4 percent live and Afghanistan, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Istam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Istam in the Marathi language | ||
| टाम | tama | 92.71 |
| तम | tama | 2.92 |
| टम | tama | 2.62 |
| ताम | tama | 0.58 |
| Istam in the Hindi language | ||
| इस्ताम | istama | 68.09 |
| इस्तम | istama | 27.66 |
| इस्तफा | istapha | 2.13 |
| इसतम | isatama | 2.13 |
| Istam in the Russian language | ||
| Истам | istam | - |
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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 Istam
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