Samalam Surname
Approximately 312 people bear this surname
Samalam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 237 | 1:558,013 | 44,900 |
| Philippines | 49 | 1:2,066,086 | 120,732 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Samalam (37) may also be a first name.
Samalam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samalam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samalam (Hindi: समलाम, Oriya: ସମଲାମ) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Samalam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samalam? popularity and diffusion
Samalam is the 868,551st most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 23,357,519 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Samalam are found; 92 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 89 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Samalam is also the 1,688,769th most common first name in the world, borne by 37 people.
It is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 237 people, or 1 in 558,013. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: North Sulawesi, where 76 percent are found, Gorontalo, where 14 percent are found and Maluku, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 16 percent are found and India, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samailam | 93 | 2 | / |
| Shamalam | 93 | 2 | / |
| Samalame | 93 | 1 | / |
| Samalamm | 93 | 1 | / |
| Shahmalam | 88 | 12 | / |
| Shamhalam | 88 | 1 | / |
| Shamatlam | 88 | 1 | / |
| Shamalamm | 88 | 1 | / |
| Saamalamm | 88 | 1 | / |
| Samalan | 86 | 150 | / |
| Jamalam | 86 | 5 | / |
| Somalam | 86 | 3 | / |
| Semalam | 86 | 1 | / |
| Samalang | 80 | 205 | / |
| Shamalan | 80 | 56 | / |
| Samalean | 80 | 37 | / |
| Samaland | 80 | 24 | / |
| Samalyan | 80 | 15 | / |
| Somalamm | 80 | 8 | / |
| Samalian | 80 | 2 | / |
| Saemalom | 80 | 1 | / |
| Somaslam | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zammalam | 80 | 1 | / |
| Samalaan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Samhalan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shamalyan | 75 | 215 | / |
| Shamalean | 75 | 86 | / |
| Shamalian | 75 | 14 | / |
| Samailean | 75 | 8 | / |
| Samailang | 75 | 7 | / |
| Sasmailan | 75 | 2 | / |
| Jamaalamm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Samalaain | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shammalan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Çamalan | 71 | 727 | / |
| Zamalan | 71 | 224 | / |
| Samalon | 71 | 24 | / |
| Somalom | 71 | 14 | / |
| Semalom | 71 | 6 | / |
| Shamaylyan | 71 | 6 | / |
| Somalan | 71 | 4 | / |
| Comalam | 71 | 4 | / |
| Samolan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schamaland | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shamailyan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Samalasing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Samalanova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Soomalan | 67 | 16 | / |
| Samalion | 67 | 11 | / |
| Samolang | 67 | 4 | / |
| Somalian | 67 | 4 | / |
| Samalong | 67 | 2 | / |
| Samalyanova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chamalan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sommalan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Somalaun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Samallon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shomalan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shamolan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siamalon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schamalandt | 67 | 1 | / |
Samalam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samalam in the Oriya language | ||
| ସମଲାମ | samalama | - |
| Samalam in the Hindi language | ||
| समलाम | samalama | 50 |
| समलम | samalama | 50 |
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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 Samalam
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