Rustam Surname
Approximately 70,515 people bear this surname
Rustam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 29,516 | 1:1,089 | 136 |
| Pakistan | 23,483 | 1:7,607 | 621 |
| India | 8,084 | 1:94,887 | 6,262 |
| Indonesia | 7,594 | 1:17,415 | 2,138 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 442 | 1:13,513 | 2,481 |
| Malaysia | 221 | 1:133,458 | 8,588 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| United States | 142 | 1:2,552,528 | 155,105 |
| Bahrain | 118 | 1:11,429 | 2,102 |
| United Arab Emirates | 109 | 1:84,058 | 7,655 |
| Russia | 101 | 1:1,426,961 | 99,135 |
| Iran | 84 | 1:914,078 | 43,588 |
| Uzbekistan | 60 | 1:515,486 | 11,776 |
| Kazakhstan | 52 | 1:340,048 | 27,669 |
| Qatar | 47 | 1:50,170 | 4,949 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Sweden | 23 | 1:428,120 | 30,474 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Nepal | 18 | 1:1,582,275 | 7,357 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Azerbaijan | 14 | 1:689,223 | 11,826 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Tajikistan | 13 | 1:645,130 | 4,278 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
The alternate forms: Rüstam (21) are calculated separately.
Rustam (918,856) may also be a first name.
Rustam Demographics
Average Rustam Salary in
United States
$46,620 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Rustam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rustam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rustam (Arabic: روستم, Bengali: রুস্তম, Georgian: რუსტამ, Hindi: रूस्तम, Marathi: तम, Oriya: ରୁ, Russian: Рустам, Tibetan: རུས་ཏམ་) is found most frequently in Afghanistan. It can also occur as a variant: Rüstam. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rustam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rustam is the 8,055th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 103,347 people. Rustam is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Rustam are found; 87 percent are found in South Asia and 76 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 999th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 918,856 people.
Rustam is most widely held in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 29,516 people, or 1 in 1,089. In Afghanistan it is most numerous in: Kabul, where 15 percent reside, Faryab, where 11 percent reside and Herat, where 9 percent reside. Other than Afghanistan Rustam exists in 54 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 33 percent reside and India, where 11 percent reside.
Rustam Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Muslim (94%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Rustam surname are 4.35% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.58% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Rustam earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 19.85% less than the national average, earning 277,382 kr per year; in United States they earn 8.04% more than the national average, earning $46,620 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.65% less than the national average, earning $47,871 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rustam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rustam in the Tibetan language | ||
| རུས་ཏམ་ | rütam | - |
| Rustam in the Marathi language | ||
| तम | tama | 95.05 |
| रुसतम | rusatama | 3.23 |
| सतम | satama | 0.2 |
| रूसतम | rusatama | 0.2 |
| रुाम | ruama | 0.07 |
| रुलम | rulama | 0.07 |
| रुसुतम | rusutama | 0.07 |
| रुक्साना | ruksana | 0.07 |
| रुसम | rusama | 0.07 |
| रुसताम | rusatama | 0.07 |
| Rustam in the Bengali language | ||
| রুস্তম | rustama | 91.38 |
| রোস্তম | rostama | 3.45 |
| রুস্টম | rustama | 1.72 |
| রুসতম | rusatama | 1.72 |
| রূস্তম | rustama | 1.72 |
| Rustam in the Georgian language | ||
| რუსტამ | rustam | 90.4 |
| რუსთამ | rustam | 9.6 |
| Rustam in the Oriya language | ||
| ରୁ | ru | 65.16 |
| େସକରୁ | esakaru | 16.77 |
| ଦରୁ | daru | 11.61 |
| ଦରୁାମ | daruama | 1.29 |
| ରୁସତମ | rusatama | 1.29 |
| ରୁାମ | ruama | 1.29 |
| ରୁସତାମ | rusatama | 0.65 |
| ରୂସତମ | rusatama | 0.65 |
| ରୁଷ୍ତମ | rustama | 0.65 |
| ରୁସ୍ତମ | rustama | 0.65 |
| Rustam in the Hindi language | ||
| रूस्तम | rustama | 62.8 |
| रुस्तम | rustama | 32.11 |
| रूसतम | rusatama | 3.55 |
| रुसतम | rusatama | 1.42 |
| रूस्ताम | rustama | 0.02 |
| युसुफ | yusupha | 0.01 |
| रु़स्तम | rustama | 0.01 |
| रुस्ताम | rustama | 0.01 |
| रूषतम | rusatama | 0.01 |
| रूरतम | ruratama | 0.01 |
| रूस्टम | rustama | 0.01 |
| रु्स्तम | rustama | 0.01 |
| रूस्तम़ | rustama | 0.01 |
| Rustam in the Russian language | ||
| Рустам | rustam | - |
| Rustam in the Arabic language | ||
| روستم | rwstm | - |
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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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