Saddam Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History

Saddam Surname

7,846^th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 72,435 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

Iraq

Highest density in:

Iraq

Saddam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Saddam Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Iraq	26,414	1:1,326	194
India	16,336	1:46,956	3,253
Bangladesh	14,149	1:11,263	920
Pakistan	7,026	1:25,426	1,333
Egypt	2,197	1:41,846	4,236
Yemen	1,782	1:14,829	1,687
Afghanistan	1,531	1:21,001	1,059
Nigeria	800	1:221,428	13,065
Indonesia	625	1:211,599	19,887
Chad	578	1:23,516	2,818
Morocco	273	1:126,286	22,036
Philippines	215	1:470,875	56,701
Uganda	162	1:240,983	18,138
Iran	81	1:947,932	44,636
Malaysia	29	1:1,017,042	45,504
DR Congo	27	1:2,736,280	122,818
Niger	20	1:959,601	21,357
United States	20	1:18,122,947	588,089
Botswana	17	1:128,643	18,229
Kenya	16	1:2,886,244	37,784
Tunisia	14	1:43,616	6,025
New Zealand	14	1:323,452	26,435
Taiwan	11	1:2,131,341	13,802
Maldives	9	1:44,908	2,305
Syria	9	1:2,144,558	9,551
Libya	9	1:693,775	1,982
Algeria	7	1:5,518,793	51,529
Thailand	6	1:11,773,058	553,295
Qatar	6	1:393,000	55,922
Canada	5	1:7,369,118	289,406
Saudi Arabia	4	1:7,713,954	37,548
United Arab Emirates	4	1:2,290,568	60,372
Sweden	4	1:2,461,689	157,534
Somalia	4	1:3,363,015	5,093
Singapore	4	1:1,376,926	28,409
Malawi	4	1:4,279,777	24,060
Nepal	4	1:7,120,239	14,461
England	3	1:18,572,686	338,250
Poland	2	1:19,004,374	199,659
Cameroon	2	1:10,384,534	165,830
Australia	2	1:13,497,850	222,987
Finland	1	1:5,496,702	84,025
France	1	1:66,422,722	504,397
Norway	1	1:5,142,286	129,201
Northern Cyprus	1	1:319,011	10,202
Haiti	1	1:10,683,907	24,607
Iceland	1	1:380,090	11,096
Jordan	1	1:8,842,437	26,010
Brazil	1	1:214,074,332	1,693,628
Ukraine	1	1:45,522,696	503,646
Mexico	1	1:124,126,205	103,776

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Saddam (405,774) may also be a first name.

Saddam Demographics

Saddam Religious Adherence
in Nigeria

Sample size: 12 (2012)

Religious Adherence
in Nigeria

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Saddam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Saddam Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Saddam (Arabic: صدّام, Bengali: সাদ্দাম, Georgian: სადდამ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﺪﺍﻡ, Hindi: सद्दाम, Marathi: सददाम, Oriya: ସାମ) is borne by more people in Iraq than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Saddam? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 7,846^th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 100,608 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Saddam live; 54 percent live in South Asia and 36 percent live in Levant. It is also the 2,540^th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 405,774 people.

The surname is most widespread in Iraq, where it is held by 26,414 people, or 1 in 1,326. Beside Iraq this surname occurs in 50 countries. It is also found in India, where 23 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 20 percent are found.

Saddam Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.

Saddam earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.08% more than the national average, earning $47,067 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Shaddam	92	593	/
Saddham	92	208	/
Saddaam	92	23	/
Saddamm	92	2	/
Saiddam	92	1	/
Sahddam	92	1	/
Saaddam	92	1	/
Sasddam	92	1	/
Saddame	92	1	/
Saddamh	92	1	/
Sadddam	92	1	/
Saddamc	92	1	/
Saddamt	92	1	/
Sadam	91	28,162	/
Shaddham	86	1	/
Saydam	83	9,738	/
Saidam	83	2,582	/
Sadham	83	1,228	/
Shadam	83	671	/
Saddan	83	276	/
Zaddam	83	168	/
Sadaam	83	160	/
Saadam	83	143	/
Saudam	83	132	/
Sadame	83	60	/
Seddam	83	34	/
Siadam	83	24	/
Satdam	83	23	/
Hsadam	83	19	/
Sahdam	83	18	/
Sadamh	83	13	/
Jaddam	83	12	/
Sağdam	83	12	/
Sadgam	83	8	/
Soddam	83	7	/
Sadeam	83	6	/
Saïdam	83	6	/
Seadam	83	5	/
Sadaim	83	5	/
Sadamm	83	2	/
Ssadam	83	2	/
Sasdam	83	1	/
Caddam	83	1	/
Sadamd	83	1	/
Sadamg	83	1	/
Sadaum	83	1	/
Saedam	83	0	/
Saddang	77	249	/
Saddain	77	106	/
Saddaun	77	49	/
Saadham	77	32	/
Saidamm	77	20	/
Shadgam	77	17	/
Shaddan	77	14	/
Shadham	77	11	/
Sahadam	77	11	/
Saidame	77	9	/
Shahdam	77	9	/
Saiddan	77	9	/
Shadaam	77	8	/
Saidham	77	6	/
Shadame	77	6	/
Sadhaam	77	6	/
Saddane	77	6	/
Chaddam	77	5	/
Satdame	77	4	/
Shaidam	77	4	/
Saddaan	77	4	/
Saadaim	77	4	/
Saadaam	77	3	/
Saddant	77	3	/
Sheddam	77	3	/
Sadahme	77	3	/
Sadamne	77	2	/
Sadaham	77	2	/
Shaadam	77	2	/
Sadathm	77	1	/
Saddoom	77	1	/
Jaddamm	77	1	/
Saydaam	77	1	/
Soddham	77	1	/
Seadeam	77	1	/
Seeddam	77	1	/
Shaydam	77	1	/
Shadeam	77	1	/
Shhadam	77	1	/
Sadatim	77	1	/
Saddhan	77	1	/
Sajdamn	77	1	/
Saehdam	77	1	/
Shadaim	77	1	/
Seadham	77	0	/
Sadan	73	8,271	/
Sedam	73	1,434	/
Jadam	73	1,138	/
Sodam	73	552	/
Cadam	73	357	/
Zadam	73	107	/
Sadom	73	93	/
Xadam	73	2	/
Sahadham	71	167	/
Sadamova	71	25	/
Saddaain	71	10	/
Saiddain	71	6	/
Saidhamm	71	5	/
Shahadam	71	5	/
Sahaddan	71	3	/
Sadathme	71	1	/
Sauddain	71	1	/
Chaddamm	71	1	/
Soddeamm	71	1	/
Seeddaam	71	1	/
Shaadaam	71	1	/
Shaddean	71	1	/
Saddaine	71	1	/
Saiddane	71	1	/
Saiddhan	71	1	/
Saadacem	71	1	/
Saadatme	71	1	/
Djaddame	71	1	/
Saadahmd	71	1	/
Saadaitm	71	1	/
Saddatin	71	1	/
Shadan	67	7,202	/
Zeddam	67	4,201	/
Sadang	67	3,158	/
Saydan	67	2,597	/
Sadaan	67	2,405	/
Saadan	67	2,010	/
Saidan	67	1,719	/
Saudan	67	1,380	/
Sadhan	67	1,355	/
Sahdan	67	1,272	/
Seedam	67	654	/
Sadane	67	645	/
Soydam	67	557	/
Seadan	67	443	/
Sadain	67	412	/
Sodham	67	356	/
Sadome	67	350	/
Shedam	67	304	/
Chadam	67	291	/
Çaydam	67	113	/
Sağdan	67	105	/
Soudam	67	98	/
Zaidam	67	97	/
Jadham	67	76	/
Jaadam	67	75	/
Soodam	67	71	/
Shodam	67	65	/
Sadean	67	64	/
Cadham	67	63	/
Sedham	67	53	/
Djadam	67	52	/
Saddon	67	50	/
Sadoum	67	47	/
Siadan	67	41	/
Sasdan	67	37	/
Seidam	67	36	/
Jaidam	67	33	/
Sodgam	67	22	/
Sajdan	67	22	/
Sohdam	67	22	/
Sadgan	67	19	/
Saadom	67	19	/
Ziadam	67	18	/
Jaydam	67	15	/
Siedam	67	13	/
Sedaim	67	13	/
Giadam	67	12	/
Sadond	67	12	/
Caydam	67	11	/
Satdan	67	11	/
Saidhasim	67	11	/
Saudom	67	10	/
Zadame	67	7	/
Satdom	67	7	/
Sadand	67	7	/
Saidamová	67	6	/
Sadaun	67	6	/
Shadamova	67	5	/
Saidamova	67	5	/
Sa'dan	67	4	/
Seydam	67	4	/
Saddanova	67	4	/
Saidom	67	4	/
Soddan	67	4	/
Seddom	67	4	/
Sadann	67	4	/
Jadaam	67	4	/
Sadanh	67	4	/
Sadomh	67	4	/
Sadhom	67	4	/
Suidam	67	3	/
Siodam	67	3	/
Saydamova	67	2	/
Zaudam	67	2	/
Sedeam	67	2	/
Jadame	67	2	/
Zhadam	67	2	/
Sadatn	67	2	/
Caadam	67	2	/
Shadom	67	2	/
Zaydam	67	2	/
Cadaim	67	2	/
Sadahasim	67	1	/
Sadant	67	1	/
Hsadan	67	1	/
Jhadam	67	1	/
Zaddan	67	1	/
Saûdan	67	1	/
Coddam	67	1	/
S'Adan	67	1	/
Sadayn	67	1	/
Shahdasmt	67	1	/
Josdam	67	1	/

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Saddam Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Saddam in the Georgian language
სადდამ	saddam	-
Saddam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺻﺪﺍﻡ	sdam	-
Saddam in the Bengali language
সাদ্দাম	saddama	97.75
ছাদ্দাম	chaddama	1.29
সাদ্দান	saddana	0.32
সদ্দাম	saddama	0.32
সেদ্যাম	sedyama	0.32
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Saddam in the Hindi language
सद्दाम	saddama	65.08
सददाम	sadadama	33.83
सद़दाम	sadadama	0.24
सद्दम	saddama	0.15
सदद्ाम	sadadama	0.09
सददम	sadadama	0.09
सद्वाम	sadvama	0.07
सदाम	sadama	0.04
सददाम़	sadadama	0.03
सद्दाम़	saddama	0.03
साद्दम	saddama	0.02
साद्दाम	saddama	0.02
सद़्दाम	sadadama	0.02
साददाम	sadadama	0.02
शददाम	sadadama	0.01
सद्राम	sadrama	0.01
सदृदाम	sadrdama	0.01
सद््दाम	saddama	0.01
सदृाम	sadrama	0.01
सलमान	salamana	0
सदा्दाम	sadadama	0
सद़दम	sadadama	0
सद्डाम	sad'dama	0
सद्दाम्	saddam	0
सड्दाम	saddama	0
सदम	sadama	0
सद्ाम	sadama	0
सद्दमा	saddama	0
साददम	sadadama	0
सददाम़़	sadadama	0
़सद्दाम	saddama	0
स़द्दाम	saddama	0
सदुदाम	sadudama	0
सद्द्दाम	sadddama	0
सड्डाम	saddama	0
सद़्दाम	sadadama	0
शद्दाम	saddama	0
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Saddam in the Oriya language
ସାମ	sama	57.23
ସଦାମ	sadama	18.24
ସାାମ	saama	6.92
ସାମ୍	sam	4.4
ସଦାମ୍	sadam	2.52
ସାଦାମ	sadama	2.52
ସଦଦାମ	sadadama	1.26
ସର୍ାମ	sarama	1.26
ଶଦାମ	sadama	1.26
ସାଦଦାମ	sadadama	0.63
ଶାଦାମ	sadama	0.63
ସାଦମ	sadama	0.63
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Saddam in the Marathi language
सददाम	sadadama	33.79
यदाम	yadama	18.16
सदाम	sadama	12.76
शाहाम	sahama	5.75
मदाम	madama	2.99
दाम	dama	2.76
शहााम	sahaama	2.53
सारीाम	sariama	1.95
सााम	saama	1.49
आदम	adama	1.03
सदृदाम	sadrdama	1.03
सािदक	saidaka	0.92
सदृाम	sadrama	0.92
असलम	asalama	0.8
सददम	sadadama	0.57
सयदाम	sayadama	0.57
सदम	sadama	0.57
सनााम	sanaama	0.57
सुददाम	sudadama	0.46
सयेदाम	sayedama	0.34
सैाम	saiama	0.34
सदूदाम	sadudama	0.34
सद्ाम	sadama	0.34
सलाम	salama	0.34
सददा्म	sadadama	0.34
सुदाम	sudama	0.23
सडडाम	sadadama	0.23
साददाम	sadadama	0.23
सडाम	sadama	0.23
तादाम	tadama	0.23
साामार	saamara	0.11
सधाम	sadhama	0.11
सदादाम	sadadama	0.11
शहाम	sahama	0.11
सादात	sadata	0.11
सधम	sadhama	0.11
सदमा	sadama	0.11
शैकाम	saikama	0.11
साहाम	sahama	0.11
संदाम	sandama	0.11
लाडाम	ladama	0.11
सवदाम	savadama	0.11
शाहूाम	sahuama	0.11
ददम	dadama	0.11
शाखाम	sakhama	0.11
संदल	sandala	0.11
सददाद	sadadada	0.11
अदाम	adama	0.11
सदृोम	sadroma	0.11
सदफ	sadapha	0.11
शाहााम	sahaama	0.11
सदान	sadana	0.11
सायााम	sayaama	0.11
सददा	sadada	0.11
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Saddam in the Arabic language
صدّام	sdam	-
صدام	sdam	-

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

How Common Is The Last Name Saddam? popularity and diffusion

Saddam Last Name Statistics demography

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Footnotes

Where Does The Last Name Saddam Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

How Common Is The Last Name Saddam? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Saddam Last Name Statistics ^demography