Periam Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Periam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Periam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1271:438,72529,288
New Zealand671:67,58710,255
Wales381:81,4356,830
France61:11,070,454349,096
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England491:497,45727,315
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

The alternate forms: Périam (1) are calculated separately.

Periam (44) may also be a first name.

Periam Last Name Facts

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

Periam (Marathi: पेिरअम) is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Périam. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Periam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 996,001st most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. The surname Periam occurs predominantly in Europe, where 69 percent of Periam live; 64 percent live in Northern Europe and 64 percent live in British Isles. Periam is also the 1,525,482nd most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 44 people.

The surname is most common in England, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 438,725. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Greater London, where 19 percent live, Lincolnshire, where 13 percent live and West Yorkshire, where 9 percent live. Other than England this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 26 percent live and Wales, where 15 percent live.

Periam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Periam has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Periam surname expanded 259 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 81 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Périam941/
Perriam92689/
Periame923/
Peariam921/
Perian832,036/
Peryam83143/
Pariam8340/
Piriam8317/
Peream8312/
Periom832/
Perjam831/
Pyriam831/
Perihan771,039/
Petrian7793/
Perijan7782/
Perrian7744/
Periane7736/
Perișan7734/
Periand7717/
Peerian7715/
Pahriam7715/
Periang7713/
Peurian7711/
Periðan778/
Parijam778/
Pitriam776/
Periean775/
Perzian774/
Periañe771/
Peuriom771/
Pe'rian771/
Perjame771/
Pesrian771/
Pariham771/
Periann771/
Pereham770/
Pheiroijam7548/
Periatin7151/
Petrijan7140/
Perriand7129/
Periaten7115/
Perugian714/
Petriang712/
Perggian711/
Petrișan711/
Petriann711/
Perrijan710/
Perion67788/
Pirian67517/
Perjan67196/
Pyrian67187/
Perihatin67125/
Peryan67101/
Perean6759/
Parjam6746/
Perijatin6724/
Phetriang6721/
Perián679/
Perianova677/
Piryam675/
Paryam675/
Pirjam674/
Peryom673/
Porjam671/
Piream671/
Petreijan671/
Părian671/

Periam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Periam in the Marathi language
पेिरअमpeira'ama-

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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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  • 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 Periam
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