Pyam Surname

661,581st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 454 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cambodia

Pyam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pyam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3441:514,95025,488
Cambodia851:182,2022,954
India191:40,371,862445,856
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Chad11:13,592,19913,092

Pyam (368) may also be a first name.

Pyam Last Name Facts

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

Pyam (Hindi: प्याम) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pyam? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 661,581st most common last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 16,051,863 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Pyam live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pyam is also the 453,251st most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 368 people.

The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 344 people, or 1 in 514,950. In Nigeria Pyam is most common in: Plateau, where 99 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 1 percent reside and Bauchi, where 0 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Cambodia, where 19 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phyam89142/
Pyame8974/
Pujyam80304/
Paayam80208/
Paiyam8024/
Payiam808/
Peyjam805/
Peyyam804/
Payyam803/
Pyamng801/
Phyham801/
Pajyam801/
Pyan754,068/
Piam75773/
Peam7563/
Pyom754/
Pjam751/
Poojyam7314/
Phuyiam735/
Phaiyam732/
Phoyiam731/
Phoyeam731/
Phyamng731/
Pahayam731/
Paayyam731/
Puujyam731/
Phyan6716,990/
Peham671,371/
Poyom67492/
Pyang67344/
Payom67278/
Pyhan67242/
Pyant67207/
Piame67204/
Pyane6773/
Phiam6772/
Pheam6750/
Pyoan6717/
Paiom6716/
Phyom6713/
Puyom6710/
Piham674/
Pajom673/
Pjame673/
Peyom673/
Pijam673/
Pioym673/
Piaam671/
Hpyan671/
Bpiam671/
Piamn671/
Peeam671/
Bpyom671/

Pyam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pyam in the Hindi language
प्यामpyama-

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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 Pyam
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