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
The surname Jalam (Hindi: जालम, Marathi: जालम, Oriya: ଜଲମ, Tibetan: རྒྱ་ལམ།) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Jalam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jalam? popularity and diffusion
Jalam is the 121,889th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,940,758 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Jalam reside; 81 percent reside in South Asia and 74 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Jalam is also the 34,009th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 23,007 people.
The last name is most widely held in India, where it is held by 2,779 people, or 1 in 276,022. In India Jalam is mostly found in: Madhya Pradesh, where 64 percent are found, Telangana, where 15 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account India Jalam occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 5 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.
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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