Jelam Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Jelam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Jelam (330) may also be a first name.
Jelam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jelam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jelam (Hindi: जेलाम, Marathi: जेलम, Oriya: େଜଲମ) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jelam? popularity and diffusion
Jelam is the 2,661,929th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. Jelam occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Jelam live; 53 percent live in South Asia and 45 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 482,193rd most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 330 people.
This last name is most frequent in India, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 31,961,058. In India Jelam is mostly concentrated in: Madhya Pradesh, where 71 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 21 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 8 percent reside. Beside India this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 36 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jelam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jelam in the Oriya language | ||
| େଜଲମ | ejalama | - |
| Jelam in the Marathi language | ||
| जेलम | jelama | 81.82 |
| झेलम | jhelama | 18.18 |
| Jelam in the Hindi language | ||
| जेलाम | jelama | 53.33 |
| जेलम | jelama | 40 |
| जॅलम | jelama | 6.67 |
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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 Jelam
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