Jolam Surname
Approximately 1,279 people bear this surname
Jolam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 524 | 1:1,463,865 | 55,507 |
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Papua New Guinea | 261 | 1:31,240 | 3,594 |
| Tanzania | 147 | 1:360,147 | 26,649 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Jolam (828) may also be a first name.
Jolam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jolam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jolam (Hindi: जोलम, Marathi: जोलम, Oriya: େଜାଲମ) has its highest incidence in India. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jolam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jolam is the 297,841st most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 5,697,847 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 41 percent of Jolam reside; 41 percent reside in South Asia and 41 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Jolam is also the 283,824th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 828 people.
The surname is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 524 people, or 1 in 1,463,865. In India it is mostly found in: Telangana, where 90 percent are found, Arunachal Pradesh, where 6 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 3 percent are found. Aside from India this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 27 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jolam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jolam in the Hindi language | ||
| जोलम | jolama | - |
| Jolam in the Marathi language | ||
| जोलम | jolama | - |
| Jolam in the Oriya language | ||
| େଜାଲମ | ejalama | 50 |
| େଜାଲାମ | ejalama | 50 |
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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 Jolam
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