Ramalam Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Ramalam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ramalam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003

Ramalam (72) may also be a first name.

Ramalam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ramalam (Hindi: रामअलम, Marathi: रामअलम) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ramalam? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,307,654th most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. Ramalam occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Ramalam are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most numerous forename globally It is held by 72 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kaduna, where 57 percent live, Nasarawa, where 21 percent live and Lagos, where 14 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent live and Cameroon, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ramalam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ramalam in the Hindi language
रामअलमrama'alama91.67
रामालामramalama8.33
Ramalam in the Marathi language
रामअलमrama'alama57.14
रामआलमrama'alama28.57
रामलमramalama5.71
रोमअलमroma'alama2.86
रामलूramalu2.86
रामलामramalama2.86

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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 Ramalam
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