Qamat Surname
Approximately 392 people bear this surname
Qamat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 312 | 1:246,098 | 18,687 |
| Afghanistan | 66 | 1:487,169 | 6,248 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
Qamat (1,287) may also be a first name.
Qamat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Qamat Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Qamat (Arabic: قمّاط) occurs most in Iran. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Qamat.
How Common Is The Last Name Qamat? popularity and diffusion
Qamat is the 737,137th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 18,590,678 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Qamat reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Qamat is also the 219,662nd most widely held forename internationally, held by 1,287 people.
It is most frequent in Iran, where it is borne by 312 people, or 1 in 246,098. In Iran it is most numerous in: Hormozgan Province, where 26 percent reside, Fars Province, where 25 percent reside and Isfahan Province, where 19 percent reside. Without taking into account Iran this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 17 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Qamat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Qamat in the Arabic language | ||
| قمّاط | qmat | - |
| قماط | qmat | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Qamat
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