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

The surname Pelam (Bengali: পেলম, Hindi: पेलम, Marathi: पेलम, Oriya: େପଲମ) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name Pelam is the 1,727,723^rd most commonly held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 54 percent of Pelam live; 48 percent live in Southeast Asia and 48 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 630,600^th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 206 people.

This last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held 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 exists in 10 countries. It is also found 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 over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pelam surname decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.