Maltam Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

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

Maltam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maltam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Maltam (191) may also be a first name.

Maltam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Maltam (Georgian: მალთამ, Hindi: मलतम) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maltam? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,665,662nd most frequent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 90 percent of Maltam live; 55 percent live in Oceania Islands and 55 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Maltam is also the 657,437th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 191 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea Maltam is primarily found in: East New Britain, where 100 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 34 percent live and Afghanistan, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maltham9259/
Malthame861/
Maltan83249/
Maltom831/
Maltane7715/
Malthan7710/
Maltang776/
Moltham774/
Malttan771/
Maltoum771/
Maultan770/
Malthane711,298/
Maultang711/
Malthoum711/
Mailtang711/
Mooltham711/
Maldtane711/
Maaltoum711/
Maltahne711/
Mailtand710/
Maldthan710/
Malton671,155/
Moltan677/
Malthasen675/
Moltom671/
Maltthane671/
Maltonova671/
Maltanova671/

Maltam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Maltam in the Georgian language
მალთამmaltam-
Maltam in the Hindi language
मलतमmalatama-

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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
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  • 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 Maltam
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