Nams Surname

1,210,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Jordan

Nams Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nams Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jordan671:131,9777,995
India191:40,371,862445,856
Taiwan141:1,674,62511,030
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
England21:27,859,030389,889
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Nams (113) may also be a first name.

Nams Last Name Facts

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

Nams (Arabic: نامس, Russian: Намс) occurs most in Jordan. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nams.

How Common Is The Last Name Nams? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nams is the 1,210,518th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 59 percent of Nams are found; 36 percent are found in West Asia and 35 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 881,625th most frequently used forename at a global level, held by 113 people.

This last name is most widespread in Jordan, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 131,977. In Jordan Nams is most numerous in: Ajloun Governorate, where 63 percent reside, Zarqa Governorate, where 27 percent reside and Irbid Governorate, where 10 percent reside. Other than Jordan Nams occurs in 36 countries. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent reside and Taiwan, where 7 percent reside.

Nams Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Nams has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Nams surname grew 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Namse89390/
Naams8913/
Naims898/
Nnams898/
Neams896/
Ngams896/
Namsh893/
Naums891/
Najms891/
Gnamse80525/
Namnse8012/
Nnamse804/
Nasims801/
Naamse801/
Nems75838/
Noms75201/
Nans75113/
Namz7510/
Naemsch7322/
Neamsch734/
Naseems731/
Neems67323/
Nanse67249/
Namje67142/
Nemsz6739/
Neans6738/
Neims6737/
Nanns6733/
Ngans6721/
Namze6711/
Ngoms677/
Nehms677/
Nansh675/
Nauns674/
Namce673/
Nains672/
Neums672/
Nnoms672/
Nomms671/
Nemms671/
Nemsh671/
Nuims671/
Nnans671/
Nasns671/
Namch671/
Nohms670/
Nomse670/
Nooms670/

Nams Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nams in the Russian language
Намсnams-
Nams in the Arabic language
نامسnams-

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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 Nams
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