Qayyoum Surname

586,691st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 533 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Qayyoum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Qayyoum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan5261:339,6276,802
England31:18,572,686338,250
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Qayyoum (66) may also be a first name.

Qayyoum Last Name Facts

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

Qayyoum (Hindi: कययूम) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Qayyoum click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Qayyoum? popularity and diffusion

The last name Qayyoum is the 586,691st most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,672,694 people. The surname Qayyoum occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Qayyoum reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,201,840th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 66 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 526 people, or 1 in 339,627. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Punjab, where 54 percent are found, Sindh, where 27 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 13 percent are found. Other than Pakistan it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Qayyaum8678/
Qaiyoum8630/
Kayyoum862/
Qoyyoum861/
Qayioum861/
Qyoum83150/
Quaiyoum802/
Quyoum7782/
Qyoume7711/
Qaooum771/
Kayyoom711,190/
Kaiyoum7128/
Kayyaum712/
Kayyoun711/
Qoyyoom711/
Khayyoom6799/
Qyaum6731/
Kyoum6710/
Khaiyoum677/
Qioum676/
Qhaiyoom671/

Qayyoum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Qayyoum in the Hindi language
कययूमkayayuma-

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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 Qayyoum
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