Palam Surname
Approximately 2,935 people bear this surname
Palam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,975 | 1:388,388 | 20,690 |
| Mongolia | 323 | 1:8,747 | 1,309 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Papua New Guinea | 106 | 1:76,922 | 10,108 |
| Benin | 62 | 1:166,703 | 16,738 |
| Iran | 53 | 1:1,448,727 | 58,350 |
| Indonesia | 38 | 1:3,480,242 | 186,493 |
| Malaysia | 28 | 1:1,053,365 | 46,873 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| Pakistan | 21 | 1:8,506,852 | 44,204 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Palam (996) may also be a first name.
Palam Demographics
Average Palam Salary in
United States
$34,833 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Palam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palam (Hindi: पालम, Marathi: पालम, Oriya: ପଲାମ, Russian: Палам) is found most in India. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Palam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Palam is the 150,307th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,482,980 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Palam reside; 70 percent reside in South Asia and 67 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Palam is also the 255,009th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 996 people.
Palam is most widespread in India, where it is held by 1,975 people, or 1 in 388,388. In India Palam is most prevalent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 64 percent live, Odisha, where 11 percent live and Telangana, where 10 percent live. Besides India this surname occurs in 36 countries. It also occurs in Mongolia, where 11 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 5 percent live.
Palam Last Name Statistics demography
Palam earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.27% less than the national average, earning $34,833 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palam in the Hindi language | ||
| पालम | palama | 88.64 |
| पलम | palama | 6.82 |
| पालमा | palama | 2.27 |
| पलाम | palama | 2.27 |
| Palam in the Marathi language | ||
| पालम | palama | 77.24 |
| पाळम | palama | 11.03 |
| पलम | palama | 3.45 |
| पाले | pale | 2.76 |
| पळम | palama | 2.76 |
| पालाम | palama | 2.07 |
| पलाम | palama | 0.69 |
| Palam in the Oriya language | ||
| ପଲାମ | palama | 51.52 |
| ପାଲାମ | palama | 22.22 |
| ପାଲମ | palama | 14.14 |
| ପଲମ | palama | 10.1 |
| Palam in the Russian language | ||
| Палам | palam | - |
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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 Palam
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