Where Does The Last Name Pelam Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Pelam (Bengali: পেলম, Hindi: पेलम, Marathi: पेलम, Oriya: େପଲମ) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelam? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Pelam is the 1,727,723^rd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name Pelam occurs mostly in Asia, where 54 percent of Pelam are found; 48 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 48 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 630,600^th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 206 people.

The last name Pelam is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 189,621. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 63 percent are found, Morobe, where 28 percent are found and East New Britain, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 34 percent are found and Malaysia, where 14 percent are found.

Pelam Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Pelam has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pelam surname contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.