Pem Surname
Approximately 7,068 people bear this surname
Pem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhutan | 5,096 | 1:121 | 24 |
| India | 458 | 1:1,674,815 | 60,907 |
| Mauritius | 415 | 1:3,117 | 569 |
| Cameroon | 338 | 1:61,447 | 7,861 |
| Papua New Guinea | 222 | 1:36,728 | 4,398 |
| Cambodia | 95 | 1:163,023 | 2,837 |
| Hungary | 71 | 1:138,257 | 12,695 |
| England | 49 | 1:1,137,103 | 53,999 |
| United States | 48 | 1:7,551,228 | 341,161 |
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| Slovenia | 39 | 1:63,787 | 9,424 |
| Ivory Coast | 37 | 1:623,547 | 18,271 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Croatia | 18 | 1:234,922 | 26,068 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| Slovakia | 16 | 1:333,528 | 46,365 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 25 | 1:975,015 | 39,671 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
The alternate forms: Pém (304) are calculated separately.
Pem (16,013) may also be a first name.
Pem Demographics
Pem Political Affiliation
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Pem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pem (Hindi: पेम, Marathi: पेम, Oriya: େପମ, Tibetan: དཔལམོ།) is found most frequently in Bhutan. It can also appear as: Pém. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pem? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 70,000th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 1,031,062 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 81 percent of Pem live; 79 percent live in South Asia and 72 percent live in Tibeto-South Asia. Pem is also the 44,405th most widely held given name world-wide It is held by 16,013 people.
The surname Pem is most frequent in Bhutan, where it is held by 5,096 people, or 1 in 121. In Bhutan it is primarily found in: Thimphu District, where 37 percent live, Paro District, where 21 percent live and Chukha District, where 15 percent live. Not including Bhutan Pem occurs in 48 countries. It is also found in India, where 6 percent live and Mauritius, where 6 percent live.
Pem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pem has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 196 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 343 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Pem Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Pem last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% being registered with the party.
Pem earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.65% more than the national average, earning $49,901 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pém | 89 | 304 | / |
| Phem | 86 | 2,885 | / |
| Peme | 86 | 1,655 | / |
| Peym | 86 | 1,071 | / |
| Piem | 86 | 392 | / |
| Pehm | 86 | 167 | / |
| Peim | 86 | 103 | / |
| Peam | 86 | 63 | / |
| Pejm | 86 | 53 | / |
| Peem | 86 | 15 | / |
| Pemn | 86 | 7 | / |
| Pemg | 86 | 4 | / |
| Pemd | 86 | 3 | / |
| Pemm | 86 | 3 | / |
| Pesm | 86 | 2 | / |
| Peum | 86 | 2 | / |
| Hpem | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pemk | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pfem | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pheme | 75 | 894 | / |
| Pesme | 75 | 367 | / |
| Pemme | 75 | 162 | / |
| Pehme | 75 | 101 | / |
| Peime | 75 | 68 | / |
| Pemhe | 75 | 52 | / |
| Pheam | 75 | 50 | / |
| Peame | 75 | 40 | / |
| Pheum | 75 | 7 | / |
| Petme | 75 | 7 | / |
| Phiem | 75 | 5 | / |
| Pettm | 75 | 4 | / |
| Pemne | 75 | 1 | / |
| Piemm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pfiem | 75 | 1 | / |
| Peesm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pheim | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pen | 67 | 22,184 | / |
| Pim | 67 | 2,824 | / |
| Pym | 67 | 2,317 | / |
| Pemova | 67 | 47 | / |
| Pne | 67 | 14 | / |
| Pjm | 67 | 10 | / |
| Peñ | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pemová | 67 | 6 | / |
| Phetme | 67 | 2 | / |
| Paheim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pooiem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phehme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pheeme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phemme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pőheim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peimhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peameh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peemnd | 67 | 1 | / |
Pem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pem in the Oriya language | ||
| େପମ | epama | 97.5 |
| ପିଏମ୍ | pi'em | 2.5 |
| Pem in the Marathi language | ||
| पेम | pema | 96.88 |
| पॅम | pema | 3.13 |
| Pem in the Hindi language | ||
| पेम | pema | 96.8 |
| पेम् | pem | 0.2 |
| Pem in the Tibetan language | ||
| དཔལམོ། | palmo | 35.01 |
| པདྨོ། | pemo | 17.91 |
| པདྨ་ | pema | 9.98 |
| པདྨོ་ | pemo | 7.74 |
| པདྨ། | pema | 7.38 |
| དཔལམོ་ | palmo | 5.28 |
| སྤེནམ་ | penam | 3.41 |
| པདམ་ | padam | 2.75 |
| པདམ། | padam | 2.2 |
| པད་མ། | pema | 1.1 |
| པངྨ་ | pangma | 0.92 |
| པདམོ་ | padmo | 0.66 |
| པདམོ། | padmo | 0.55 |
| སྤེམ་ | pem | 0.55 |
| དཔལ་མོ། | palmo | 0.44 |
| པེམ་ | pem | 0.37 |
| པད་མ་ | pema | 0.33 |
| པད་མོ། | pemo | 0.29 |
| སྤེན་ | pen | 0.29 |
| དཔལམོ | palmo | 0.22 |
| སྤེནམ། | penam | 0.22 |
| པངྨ། | pangma | 0.22 |
| སྤེམ། | pem | 0.18 |
| པདྨ | pema | 0.18 |
| སྤེན། | pen | 0.11 |
| པདྨོ་། | pemo | 0.11 |
| དཔལམོ།། | palmo | 0.07 |
| དཔལམ། | palam | 0.07 |
| པངྨ་། | pangma | 0.07 |
| བདྨ། | badma | 0.07 |
| པདྨོ | pemo | 0.07 |
| ཕདྨ། | padma | 0.07 |
| སྤེནམ | penam | 0.07 |
| པདྨ་། | pema | 0.07 |
| སྤམ་ | pam | 0.07 |
| པངྨོ། | pangmo | 0.07 |
| སྤེམ | pem | 0.04 |
| པདྥོ། | padpo | 0.04 |
| པདྨེ། | padmé | 0.04 |
| པོདྨ། | podma | 0.04 |
| དཔམོ། | pamo | 0.04 |
| སྤེནཔ་ | penpa | 0.04 |
| དཔལམོོ། | palmo | 0.04 |
| རྡོ་རྫེ། | dodzé | 0.04 |
| པདྨམོ། | padmamo | 0.04 |
| པད་མོ་ | pemo | 0.04 |
| བདྨོ་ | badmo | 0.04 |
| སྤེནམ་་ | penam | 0.04 |
| པདྨ།། | pema | 0.04 |
| པེ་རམ་ | péram | 0.04 |
| དཔལམོ།་ | palmo | 0.04 |
| སྤེམ་སྤེམ་ | pempem | 0.04 |
| པདྦོ། | padbo | 0.04 |
| དཔལ་མོ།། | palmo | 0.04 |
| པངྨ་་ | pangma | 0.04 |
| པདྨོོ། | padmo | 0.04 |
| སྤེདམ་ | pedam | 0.04 |
| པདྦ་ | padba | 0.04 |
| པདྨོམ། | padmom | 0.04 |
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