Shyam Surname

5,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108,515 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Shyam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shyam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India105,6241:7,262632
Bangladesh1,0811:147,4165,565
United Arab Emirates6161:14,8741,821
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
United States2301:1,575,908106,190
Oman1561:23,6412,088
Qatar1061:22,2452,387
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
Malaysia531:556,49527,316
England511:1,092,51152,584
Singapore391:141,2236,278
New Zealand301:150,94417,319
Australia291:930,88655,860
Nepal161:1,780,0607,778
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Fiji91:99,3771,883
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Trinidad and Tobago71:194,8549,403
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Mauritius41:323,35410,053
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
France31:22,140,907385,998
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643

Shyam (1,019,347) may also be a first name.

Shyam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shyam (Arabic: شيام, Bengali: শ্যাম, Hindi: श्याम, Marathi: याम, Oriya: ଶଯ୍ାମ, Russian: Шьям, Tibetan: ཤེམ་) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shyam? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,225th most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 67,157 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shyam reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 863rd most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 1,019,347 people.

This surname is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 105,624 people, or 1 in 7,262. In India it is mostly found in: Uttar Pradesh, where 39 percent live, Haryana, where 16 percent live and Delhi, where 10 percent live. Not including India this surname occurs in 53 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 1 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.

Shyam Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Shyam last name are 19.74% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 72.97% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Shyam earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 144.66% more than the national average, earning R 581,400 per year; in United States they earn 39.88% more than the national average, earning $60,356 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.72% more than the national average, earning $66,933 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shyaam9119/
Shyame9111/
Shyham913/
Shyamn912/
Shyamd911/
Shyamg911/
Shyamm911/
Syam8948,672/
Shshyam834/
Shaiyam833/
Shaayam831/
Siham8015,780/
Chyam804,744/
Shiam802,036/
Seham80950/
Sheam80911/
Shyan80275/
Syamd80262/
Syaam8021/
Hsyam8016/
Syham8015/
Syamm808/
Syame808/
Shyom806/
Shjam804/
Ssyam802/
Syahm802/
Syasm801/
Sahayyam772/
Sahaiyam771/
Shiham734,269/
Sayyam731,778/
Saiyam73447/
Sihame73394/
Sehaim73197/
Shyang73131/
Shyhan7349/
Saayam7330/
Soyyam7326/
Sheham7325/
Suiyam7318/
Schyan7318/
Seuyam7311/
Schiam7310/
Seyiam739/
Shyane738/
Shyann736/
Shijam735/
Sihamm735/
Shiame735/
Sujyam734/
Shoyom734/
Syasim733/
Syahhm733/
Sihham733/
Seyyam733/
Shhyan733/
Siaham733/
Sihaam732/
Soiyam732/
Ssiham732/
Syahme732/
Sheamh731/
Soyeam731/
Shieam731/
Shyatn731/
Chyamm731/
Syhame731/
Sayjam731/
Sheeam731/
Syamme731/
Syaham731/
Sehaum730/
Siam6779,012/
Syan6751,210/
Seam673,977/
Cyam671,642/
Shaihom6785/
Chaiyam6783/
Shaayan6767/
Shayyan6728/
Shihaam6727/
Schiham6716/
Shaiyan6714/
Shyanne679/
Shyahan678/
Cheyiam678/
Saayamm677/
Zyam677/
Syom674/
Shayian674/
Siahaam673/
Shuiyan673/
Soiyame673/
Shujyan673/
Sayyaam672/
Saheyan672/
Seyhyan672/
Chuiyam672/
Syamova671/
Chyatim671/
Sihaham671/
Sheyjan671/
Shaijam671/
Shajiam671/
Sujjyam671/
Shiameh671/
Sihamne671/
Saiyame671/
D'Syham671/
Shyasin671/
Shehamt671/
Shajyan671/
Seahamg671/
Schyahn670/
Shayhom670/
Shehame670/

Shyam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shyam in the Bengali language
শ্যামsyama98.55
শ্যমsyama0.24
Shyam in the Hindi language
श्यामsyama92.63
श्यामलालsyamalala5.04
श्यमsyama0.03
ष्यामsyama0.01
श्यामाsyama0.01
ेश्यामesyama0
सायमsayama0
शियाsiya0
ृश्यामrsyama0
श्यमाsyama0
शायमाsayama0
ययामyayama0
शायमsayama0
स्यामsyama0
श्यामा़syama0
श्याम्syam0
ंश्यामnsyama0
श़्यामsayama0
़श्यामsyama0
श्यामूsyamu0
शयामsayama0
श्याम़syama0
Shyam in the Marathi language
यामyama91.56
शामsama6.85
धमdhama0.13
शयामsayama0.06
्यामyama0.05
शायामsayama0.04
यामाyama0.03
यमyama0.03
घमghama0.01
धामाdhama0.01
य़ामyama0.01
यामुyamu0.01
सयामsayama0.01
सोयामsoyama0.01
शायमsayama0.01
शयमsayama0
उयामuyama0
हमhama0
शॅयामseyama0
ईयामiyama0
थामthama0
इयामiyama0
यमाyama0
थांtham0
यामूyamu0
Shyam in the Oriya language
ଶଯ୍ାମsayama89.83
ଶାମsama8.04
ଷଯ୍ାମsayama0.05
ସଯ୍ାମsayama0.03
ଶଯ୍ାମ୍sayam0.03
ଶଯ୍ାମାsayama0.01
ସିୟାମsiyama0
େହମehama0
ଶ୍ଯାମsyama0
ଖଁାkhama0
Shyam in the Tibetan language
ཤེམ་shem42.01
ཤམ་sham26.63
ཤེ་ཡམ་shéyam8.28
ཤེརམ་sheram7.1
ཤེ་ཡཱམ་shéyam4.14
ཤེ་ཡེམ་shéyem2.37
ཤཱམ་sham1.78
ཤ་ཡམ་shayam1.18
ཤ་མ་shama1.18
ཤ་ཡཱམ་shayam1.18
ཤཱ་ཡཱ་མ་shayama0.59
ཤེསམ་shesam0.59
ཤཱ་ཡམ་shayam0.59
ཤཡམshayam0.59
ཤེའེམ་shé'em0.59
གཤམ་sham0.59
ཤི་ཡཱམ་shiyam0.59
Shyam in the Russian language
Шьямsam-
Shyam in the Arabic language
شيامshyam-

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