Tolam Surname
Approximately 397 people bear this surname
Tolam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 343 | 1:2,236,342 | 74,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Tolam (295) may also be a first name.
Tolam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tolam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tolam (Hindi: तोलम, Marathi: तोलम, Russian: Толам) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tolam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 730,373rd most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 18,356,539 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Tolam are found; 91 percent are found in South Asia and 87 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Tolam is also the 513,559th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 295 people.
The surname Tolam is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 343 people, or 1 in 2,236,342. In India Tolam is mostly concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 76 percent reside, Telangana, where 17 percent reside and Manipur, where 6 percent reside. Other than India it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside and Iran, where 5 percent reside.
Tolam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tolam has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tolam surname fell 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tolam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tolam in the Hindi language | ||
| तोलम | tolama | - |
| Tolam in the Marathi language | ||
| तोलम | tolama | 54.55 |
| तोलाम | tolama | 36.36 |
| तोलन | tolana | 9.09 |
| Tolam in the Russian language | ||
| Толам | tolam | - |
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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 Tolam
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