Qazem Surname

1,544,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Qazem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Qazem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
Iran41:19,195,631219,601
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Qazem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Qazem (Arabic: قاظم) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Qazem? popularity and diffusion

The last name Qazem is the 1,544,715th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Qazem are found; 91 percent are found in North Africa and 91 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Barring Egypt this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 4 percent live and Iran, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Qazeem91415/
Quazem9112/
Qazzem913/
Quazeem83292/
Quazzem834/
Qauzeem834/
Qaazeem833/
Qazzeem832/
Kazem80872,870/
Qasem8030,778/
Qazim80428/
Cazem8013/
Qazen808/
Qacem806/
Quarzeem771/
Kazeem7364,038/
Qassem737,819/
Qaseem736,158/
Quasem733,576/
Khazem732,407/
Qozeem73347/
Kazzem73155/
Quazim7371/
Qaseme7367/
Kadzem7352/
Kazeme7327/
Qashem739/
Qazhim736/
Qasiem736/
Kaziem736/
Qauzim735/
Qaazim734/
Qaisem734/
Kaczem733/
Qatsem733/
Cazeem733/
Kazeam733/
Qaasem732/
Qazeen732/
Kazeim732/
Katzem731/
Kaezem731/
Qa'sem731/
Qaceme731/
Karzem731/
Qasemm731/
Qaseam731/
Qazimg731/
Qaszim731/
Keazem731/
Quashem671,115/
Quaseem6744/
Kazzeem6720/
Quozeem6718/
Khazeem6714/
Qauseem6712/
Kaazeem6711/
Kazeemn677/
Qhaseem677/
Quassem677/
Kazheem675/
Kaizeem675/
Qoozeem674/
Kauzeem673/
Qasheem673/
Khazhem673/
Keazeem672/
Kazeemm672/
Qassiem672/
Qazn672/
Qasseem672/
Qaseemh671/
Queasem671/
Qaaseem671/
Karzeem671/
Kajzeem671/
Kazeehm671/
Qkassem671/
Qhaseme671/
Qaassem671/
Kazziem671/
Qouzeem671/
Cheazem670/

Qazem Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Qazem in the Arabic language
قاظمqazm-
قازمqazm-

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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 Qazem
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