Jalam Surname
Approximately 3,755 people bear this surname
Jalam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,779 | 1:276,022 | 15,727 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Nigeria | 126 | 1:1,405,895 | 54,600 |
| Pakistan | 122 | 1:1,464,294 | 16,074 |
| Iraq | 100 | 1:350,217 | 6,594 |
| Iran | 83 | 1:925,091 | 43,938 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Philippines | 53 | 1:1,910,155 | 116,778 |
| Afghanistan | 48 | 1:669,858 | 7,524 |
| Mongolia | 39 | 1:72,443 | 5,369 |
| Uganda | 37 | 1:1,055,116 | 44,846 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Israel | 19 | 1:450,402 | 34,739 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Nepal | 5 | 1:5,696,191 | 13,053 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
Jalam (23,007) may also be a first name.
Jalam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jalam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jalam (Hindi: जालम, Marathi: जालम, Oriya: ଜଲମ, Tibetan: རྒྱ་ལམ།) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jalam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jalam is the 121,889th most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,940,758 people. The last name Jalam is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Jalam are found; 81 percent are found in South Asia and 74 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 34,009th most widespread given name world-wide, borne by 23,007 people.
The surname is most common in India, where it is held by 2,779 people, or 1 in 276,022. In India it is most numerous in: Madhya Pradesh, where 64 percent live, Telangana, where 15 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 9 percent live. Other than India this surname occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 5 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jalam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jalam in the Tibetan language | ||
| རྒྱ་ལམ། | gyalam | - |
| Jalam in the Hindi language | ||
| जालम | jalama | 90.7 |
| जलम | jalama | 8.09 |
| जलाम | jalama | 0.5 |
| जलमा | jalama | 0.46 |
| जालाम | jalama | 0.14 |
| जालू | jalu | 0.02 |
| Jalam in the Marathi language | ||
| जालम | jalama | 61.02 |
| जालमिंसग | jalaminsaga | 33.25 |
| जलम | jalama | 2.51 |
| जलाम | jalama | 1.22 |
| जालाम | jalama | 0.81 |
| जाळम | jalama | 0.31 |
| आलम | alama | 0.14 |
| आसमा | asama | 0.07 |
| जळम | jalama | 0.03 |
| जलमा | jalama | 0.03 |
| जलाल | jalala | 0.03 |
| जालन | jalana | 0.03 |
| सालम | salama | 0.03 |
| आरमा | arama | 0.03 |
| जालं | jalam | 0.03 |
| Jalam in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜଲମ | jalama | 56.25 |
| ଯଲମ | yalama | 12.5 |
| ଜାଲମ | jalama | 10.42 |
| ଜଳମ | jalama | 8.33 |
| ଜଲାମ | jalama | 4.17 |
| ଜାଲମ୍ | jalam | 2.08 |
| ଝାଲମ | jhalama | 2.08 |
| ଜାଳମ | jalama | 2.08 |
| ଜାଲାମ | jalama | 2.08 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Jalam
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