Qalam Surname
Approximately 5,038 people bear this surname
Qalam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2,311 | 1:13,913 | 839 |
| Pakistan | 1,306 | 1:136,787 | 3,848 |
| Iran | 842 | 1:91,191 | 9,144 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Kuwait | 174 | 1:21,843 | 2,878 |
| Iraq | 58 | 1:603,822 | 9,381 |
| Lebanon | 50 | 1:112,742 | 6,349 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| Jordan | 18 | 1:491,246 | 12,976 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Qalam (8,914) may also be a first name.
Qalam Demographics
Qalam Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Qalam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Qalam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Qalam (Georgian: ქალამ, Hindi: क़लाम) is held by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Qalam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 94,571st most frequent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,446,516 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Qalam are found; 89 percent are found in South Asia and 89 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 66,133rd most widely held first name in the world, borne by 8,914 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 2,311 people, or 1 in 13,913. In Afghanistan it is most frequent in: Paktika, where 17 percent live, Nangarhar, where 14 percent live and Kabul, where 13 percent live. Other than Afghanistan Qalam occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 26 percent live and Iran, where 17 percent live.
Qalam Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Qalam surname is predominantly Sunni (64%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Qalam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Qalam in the Georgian language | ||
| ქალამ | kalam | - |
| Qalam in the Hindi language | ||
| क़लाम | qalama | 60 |
| कलाम | kalama | 40 |
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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 Qalam
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