Kriam Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kriam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kriam Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India121:63,922,115578,870
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kriam (41) may also be a first name.

Kriam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kriam Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kriam (Hindi: करीम, Marathi: करीम) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kriam? popularity and diffusion

Kriam is the 3,485,539th most numerous family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Kriam is predominantly found in Asia, where 44 percent of Kriam are found; 41 percent are found in South Asia and 31 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 41 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 63,922,115. In India it is most prevalent in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 75 percent live, Bihar, where 8 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 8 percent live. Apart from India Kriam occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent live and Algeria, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khriam913,176/
Kriamt911/
Kraijam833/
Kryam80101/
Criam8013/
Kraijeam771/
Krajom7326/
Krijom7319/
Krayom735/
Krihom734/
Quriam731/
Criham730/
Kraihom673/
Krajeam671/
Krauyhom621/
Cream601,045/
Cryam6015/
Creham550/
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Kriam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kriam in the Hindi language
करीमkarima-
Kriam in the Marathi language
करीमkarima-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kriam
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