Qayyum Surname
Approximately 146,845 people bear this surname
Qayyum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 124,809 | 1:1,431 | 220 |
| Afghanistan | 8,442 | 1:3,809 | 396 |
| India | 3,851 | 1:199,186 | 11,965 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3,776 | 1:8,172 | 1,144 |
| Bangladesh | 1,712 | 1:93,082 | 4,097 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,209 | 1:7,578 | 952 |
| England | 1,076 | 1:51,783 | 6,380 |
| United States | 423 | 1:856,877 | 65,220 |
| Kuwait | 280 | 1:13,574 | 1,857 |
| Malaysia | 213 | 1:138,471 | 8,817 |
| Bahrain | 176 | 1:7,663 | 1,429 |
| Qatar | 159 | 1:14,830 | 1,610 |
| Canada | 129 | 1:285,625 | 26,641 |
| Indonesia | 119 | 1:1,111,338 | 79,949 |
| Iraq | 84 | 1:416,924 | 7,373 |
| Scotland | 53 | 1:101,015 | 6,880 |
| Norway | 42 | 1:122,435 | 16,038 |
| Australia | 39 | 1:692,197 | 46,687 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Netherlands | 26 | 1:649,507 | 53,972 |
| Greece | 22 | 1:503,627 | 63,727 |
| Sweden | 21 | 1:468,893 | 33,666 |
| Denmark | 19 | 1:297,090 | 21,940 |
| Oman | 18 | 1:204,887 | 3,723 |
| Iran | 16 | 1:4,798,908 | 119,068 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
Qayyum (25,907) may also be a first name.
Qayyum Demographics
Average Qayyum Salary in
United States
$52,986 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Qayyum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Qayyum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Qayyum (Hindi: कय्यूम, Marathi: युम, Oriya: କୟୁମ୍) is found most in Pakistan. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Qayyum? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,813th most common family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 49,627 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Qayyum reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 31,146th most commonly held given name world-wide. It is borne by 25,907 people.
The surname Qayyum is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 124,809 people, or 1 in 1,431. In Pakistan Qayyum is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 39 percent live, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 27 percent live and Balochistan, where 13 percent live. Other than Pakistan Qayyum occurs in 58 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 6 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
Qayyum Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Qayyum surname are 1.18% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.05% registered with the political party.
The amount Qayyum earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 23.3% less than the national average, earning 265,437 kr per year; in United States they earn 22.8% more than the national average, earning $52,986 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.71% less than the national average, earning $44,362 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Qayyum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Qayyum in the Oriya language | ||
| କୟୁମ୍ | kayum | - |
| Qayyum in the Marathi language | ||
| युम | yuma | 85.52 |
| यूम | yuma | 12.08 |
| कयुम | kayuma | 0.82 |
| कययुम | kayayuma | 0.82 |
| कयूम | kayuma | 0.21 |
| कायुम | kayuma | 0.09 |
| कैयुम | kaiyuma | 0.05 |
| खयुम | khayuma | 0.04 |
| अकयूम | akayuma | 0.02 |
| फयुम | phayuma | 0.02 |
| यूयूम | yuyuma | 0.02 |
| अययुब | ayayuba | 0.02 |
| अक्युम | akyuma | 0.02 |
| अकुयुम | akuyuma | 0.02 |
| कैयूम | kaiyuma | 0.02 |
| Qayyum in the Hindi language | ||
| कय्यूम | kayyuma | 55.06 |
| क़य्यूम | qayyuma | 19.66 |
| कययूम | kayayuma | 10.67 |
| कय्युम | kayyuma | 3.93 |
| कयूम | kayuma | 3.37 |
| क़य्यूम | qayyuma | 1.69 |
| क़य्युम | qayyuma | 1.69 |
| करयूम | karayuma | 1.12 |
| कययुम | kayayuma | 1.12 |
| क़़य्यूम | qayyuma | 0.56 |
| क्यूम | kyuma | 0.56 |
| काय्युम | kayyuma | 0.56 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Qayyum
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis