Lham Surname

74,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,641 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bhutan
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Lham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bhutan6,3501:9717
India2391:3,209,47993,987
Taiwan101:2,344,47514,894
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
South Sudan91:1,268,3421,210
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

Lham (2,219) may also be a first name.

Lham Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lham (Tibetan: ལྷམོ།) is carried by more people in Bhutan than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lham? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lham is the 74,072nd most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,097,357 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Lham reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Tibeto-South Asia. Lham is also the 158,707th most widely held forename world-wide It is held by 2,219 people.

This surname is most frequent in Bhutan, where it is held by 6,350 people, or 1 in 97. In Bhutan Lham is mostly found in: Chukha District, where 29 percent are found, Paro District, where 22 percent are found and Thimphu District, where 20 percent are found. Outside of Bhutan this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also found in India, where 4 percent are found and Taiwan, where 0 percent are found.

Lham Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Lham last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Laham894,801/
Lhaim894/
Lhame892/
Lhlam892/
Lhamm891/
Llham891/
Lam861,158,921/
Lhamme801/
Lahamm801/
Lahaam801/
Lahaim801/
Liaham800/
Lamm7515,990/
Lame7513,162/
Liam757,480/
Lyam754,572/
Lahm752,635/
Laam751,153/
Lhom75947/
Lajm75853/
Lasm75793/
Laum75760/
Laim75676/
Leam75362/
Hlam75295/
Lohm75280/
Lhan75192/
Llam7567/
Lamn7540/
Lamg7537/
Lamd7535/
Láhm7528/
Lamh7526/
Lamq7526/
Lamt7512/
Lamø759/
Lgam755/
Lamc755/
Laym751/
Laàm751/
L'Am751/
Lahamne733/
Lahatim732/
Lahamme731/
Hlahame731/
Lahatem731/
Laime6717,004/
Layme6712,532/
Lahan679,708/
Lasme674,217/
Lhanh672,029/
Lasim671,820/
Lamme671,344/
Latim67886/
Lamne67316/
Liame67276/
Laamt67273/
Lamng67171/
Llame67154/
Lhane67147/
Lasem67130/
Lahum67123/
Laame6795/
Laume6780/
Latem6765/
Gliam6746/
Lyamm6728/
Latme6725/
Leame6718/
L'Lam6715/
Hålam6711/
Lamhe679/
Lhome679/
Liamg677/
Lamkë677/
Lohum675/
Lohme675/
Lheim674/
Lliam674/
Lhang674/
Hlaim674/
Laumė674/
Liamm674/
Llamn674/
Lattm673/
Lacem673/
Liamn673/
Lacim673/
Hlame673/
Lhoum672/
Liaam672/
Șleam672/
Lamnt672/
Laaim672/
Lhant671/
Lamgh671/
Lyaum671/
Llamm671/
Leuhm671/
Lamnn671/
Lahym671/
Laumm671/
Lhahn671/
Lamnd671/
Leamn671/
Laimg671/
Lyaim671/
Lohym671/
Lasym671/
Laism671/
Lajhm671/
Lahaamne671/
L'Hom671/
Lammh671/
Liaum671/
D'Lam671/
Hliam671/
Lhlom671/
Laamh671/
Latmt671/
Leaum671/
Hlamm671/
Lahmm670/

Lham Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lham in the Tibetan language
ལྷམོ།lhamo46.22
ལྷམ།lham31.76
ལྷམ་lham16.58
ལྷམོ་lhamo3.34
ལྷ་མོ།lhamo1.44
ལྷ་མོ་lhamo0.15
ལྷམོlhamo0.11
ལྷམlham0.08
བླམ་lam0.08
ལྷ་lha0.04
ཡྷམོ།yhamo0.04
ལྷམ་རྡོ་རྗེ།lhamdorjé0.04
པདྨ་ལྷམ་pemalham0.04
ལྷམ་།lham0.04
ལྷ་མ།lhama0.04

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lham
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