Qayyoum Surname
Approximately 533 people bear this surname
Qayyoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 526 | 1:339,627 | 6,802 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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
The last name Qayyoum (Hindi: कययूम) is more frequently found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Qayyoum.
How Common Is The Last Name Qayyoum? popularity and diffusion
The last name Qayyoum is the 586,691st most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 13,672,694 people. The last name Qayyoum is predominantly found 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 frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 66 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 526 people, or 1 in 339,627. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 54 percent live, Sindh, where 27 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 13 percent live. Outside of Pakistan it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Qayyoum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Qayyoum in the Hindi language | ||
| कययूम | kayayuma | - |
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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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