Qayyaum Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Qayyaum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Qayyaum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan761:2,350,57721,125
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Qayyaum (11) may also be a first name.

Qayyaum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Qayyaum is found most in Pakistan. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Qayyaum? popularity and diffusion

Qayyaum is the 2,136,387th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname Qayyaum occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Qayyaum live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name in the world, held by 11 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 2,350,577. In Pakistan Qayyaum is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 62 percent reside, Sindh, where 21 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Pakistan it is found in one country. It is also common in India, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Qayyoum86533/
Kayyaum862/
Qyaum8331/
Quyaum7735/
Kaiyaum7134/
Qaiyoum7130/
Kayyoum712/
Qayioum711/
Qoyyoum711/
Qyoum67150/
Kyaum675/
Quaiyoum672/
Qyaun672/

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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 Qayyaum
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