Maalam Surname
Approximately 3,679 people bear this surname
Maalam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 3,204 | 1:10,035 | 709 |
| Philippines | 430 | 1:235,438 | 35,846 |
| Algeria | 17 | 1:2,272,444 | 44,120 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Maalam (1,391) may also be a first name.
Maalam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maalam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maalam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻌﻼﻡ, Hindi: माआलम, Marathi: मसलीम) is found most frequently in Afghanistan. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maalam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 123,980th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,980,850 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Maalam live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 87 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 209,771st most frequently occurring forename at a global level, held by 1,391 people.
The surname Maalam is most common in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 3,204 people, or 1 in 10,035. In Afghanistan Maalam is primarily concentrated in: Khost, where 20 percent reside, Nangarhar, where 15 percent reside and Kabul, where 10 percent reside. Not including Afghanistan it occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 12 percent reside and Algeria, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maalam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maalam in the Hindi language | ||
| माआलम | ma'alama | - |
| Maalam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻌﻼﻡ | amlam | 50 |
| ﻣﻌﻼﻡ | mlam | 50 |
| Maalam in the Marathi language | ||
| मसलीम | masalima | 50 |
| मआलम | ma'alama | 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 Maalam
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