Parkam Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Parkam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Parkam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia411:3,225,590176,839
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2321:216,46018,492

Parkam (88) may also be a first name.

Parkam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Parkam (Hindi: परकम) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Parkam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Parkam is the 2,746,821st most widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 76 percent of Parkam reside; 76 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 76 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,017,994th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 88 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 3,225,590. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Papua, where 93 percent live and East Java, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia Parkam is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.

Parkam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Parkam has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Parkam last name declined 98 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Parkham9294/
Parkhahm863/
Perkam83252/
Parcam8345/
Porkam8310/
Parqam832/
Parkom831/
Parkhom77155/
Porkham7712/
Pourkam773/
Perkham772/
Parkoom771/
Perkkam771/
Perckam770/
Perkhaym7123/
Perkhaim719/
Pherkeam711/
Peerkham711/
Porcam676/
Parcom674/
Porkom671/
Parkhomova63794/
Pourkom629/
Parcome621/
Peurkom621/
Parcomme571/
Porkhomova5020/

Parkam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Parkam in the Hindi language
परकमparakama-

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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 Parkam
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