Kollam Surname
Approximately 1,994 people bear this surname
Kollam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 1,153 | 1:26,761 | 3,711 |
| India | 710 | 1:1,080,374 | 44,602 |
| United Arab Emirates | 68 | 1:134,739 | 11,022 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Oman | 11 | 1:335,270 | 4,992 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kollam (78) may also be a first name.
Kollam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kollam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kollam (Arabic: كولام, Marathi: कोाम) is carried by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kollam? popularity and diffusion
Kollam is the 207,582nd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 3,654,737 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kollam reside; 64 percent reside in West Asia and 64 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 1,091,646th most commonly held forename on earth, held by 78 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 1,153 people, or 1 in 26,761. Other than Saudi Arabia this surname is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in India, where 36 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kollam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kollam in the Marathi language | ||
| कोाम | koama | - |
| Kollam in the Arabic language | ||
| كولام | kwlam | - |
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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 Kollam
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