Uam Surname

429,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 802 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cambodia
Highest density in:
Cambodia

Uam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Uam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cambodia7071:21,9051,348
Thailand581:1,217,902177,118
India101:76,706,538639,611
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Uam (1,709) may also be a first name.

Uam Last Name Facts

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

Uam (Hindi: उाम, Russian: Уам) is more frequently found in Cambodia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Uam? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 429,827th most frequent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 9,086,716 people. The last name Uam occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Uam live; 96 percent live in Southeast Asia and 88 percent live in Khmer-Asia. Uam is also the 185,806th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 1,709 people.

The last name Uam is most frequently used in Cambodia, where it is carried by 707 people, or 1 in 21,905. In Cambodia it is most prevalent in: Battambang Province, where 58 percent reside, Banteay Meanchey Province, where 15 percent reside and Phnom Penh, where 6 percent reside. Not including Cambodia this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 7 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wuam86749/
Huam86522/
Vuam867/
Uame867/
Uamc864/
Uatm862/
Uamk862/
Uasm861/
Uamg861/
Uamd861/
Uamh861/
Uamm861/
Uajm861/
Ouham7528/
Uasim7517/
Huamg758/
Huame753/
Vuamt751/
Uhaum751/
Huamn751/
Vuajm751/
Uamht751/
Uhame751/
Uan6723,363/
Bam6722,636/
Vam673,217/
Wam672,955/
Uom6757/
Ouhame6713/
Ouhamd674/
Huayme671/
Uassim671/
Wouham671/
Uahame671/
Huasim671/
Huamne671/
Huamme671/

Uam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Uam in the Hindi language
उामuama98.09
Uam in the Russian language
Уамuam-

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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 Uam
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