Qalamah Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

Qalamah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Qalamah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen1091:242,4349,142
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605

Qalamah (457) may also be a first name.

Qalamah Last Name Facts

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

Qalamah is found in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Qalamah.

How Common Is The Last Name Qalamah? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,727,723rd most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Qalamah live; 97 percent live in West Asia and 97 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Qalamah is also the 399,588th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 457 people.

The last name Qalamah is most frequently used in Yemen, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 242,434. In Yemen Qalamah is most frequent in: Dhamar Governorate, where 79 percent live, Sana'a Governorate, where 20 percent live and Taiz Governorate, where 1 percent live. Besides Yemen it exists in one country. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 3 percent live.

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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 Qalamah
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