Syams Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Qatar

Syams Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Syams Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia391:3,391,005183,158
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340

Syams (59) may also be a first name.

Syams Last Name Facts

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

The last name Syams is found most in Indonesia. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Syams? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,555,468th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Syams live; 72 percent live in Southeast Asia and 72 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,282,666th most commonly occurring given name globally. It is borne by 59 people.

It is most common in Indonesia, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 3,391,005. In Indonesia Syams is mostly found in: South Sulawesi, where 56 percent live, East Java, where 28 percent live and Banten, where 8 percent live. Not including Indonesia it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 28 percent live and Malaysia, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Syamsh919/
Shyams918/
Seams80131/
Syamz8013/
Siams8011/
Syoms802/
Syans800/
Shyoms731/
Siamst731/
Sheams730/
Saiyans674/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Syams
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