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།) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jalam? popularity and diffusion
Jalam is the 121,889th most widely held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,940,758 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Jalam live; 81 percent live in South Asia and 74 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Jalam is also the 34,009th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 23,007 people.
The surname Jalam is most widely held in India, where it is held by 2,779 people, or 1 in 276,022. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Madhya Pradesh, where 64 percent live, Telangana, where 15 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 9 percent live. Other than India this last name exists in 34 countries. It is also found 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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- 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 Jalam
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