Qiam Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Qiam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Qiam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan141:2,296,65615,575
Pakistan71:25,520,55584,222
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Qiam (94) may also be a first name.

Qiam Last Name Facts

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

Qiam is carried by more people in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Qiam? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,185,033rd most commonly used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name Qiam is primarily found in Asia, where 76 percent of Qiam reside; 58 percent reside in South Asia and 58 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Qiam is also the 980,251st most numerous forename world-wide. It is borne by 94 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 2,296,656. In Afghanistan Qiam is most numerous in: Balkh, where 14 percent live. Other than Afghanistan this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 18 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Quiam89481/
Qiasm891/
Qiame891/
Quiame80370/
Qaiyam8014/
Qayiam806/
Quieam801/
Quiamm801/
Qian752,703,335/
Kiam751,957/
Qyam7530/
Qiom752/
Qjam751/
Quaiyam734/
Qaiyaam731/
Qiang67205,631/
Chiam676,094/
Quian671,573/
Khiam671,003/
Kiame67772/
Quiom67729/
Quyam67258/
Kijam6750/
Qihan679/
Ciham675/
Kiham674/
Qiant672/
Kiasm671/
Qhyam671/
Qi'an671/
Hkiam671/
Kiamc671/
Quiamque671/
Quiañ671/
Cjiam671/
Qiane671/
Qeham671/
Qajom671/

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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 Qiam
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