Ulam Surname
Approximately 3,236 people bear this surname
Ulam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 896 | 1:197,704 | 11,868 |
| Israel | 851 | 1:10,056 | 1,539 |
| India | 404 | 1:1,898,677 | 66,232 |
| Philippines | 333 | 1:304,019 | 42,942 |
| United States | 275 | 1:1,318,032 | 92,126 |
| Turkey | 244 | 1:318,940 | 20,584 |
| Papua New Guinea | 104 | 1:78,401 | 10,308 |
| Indonesia | 84 | 1:1,574,395 | 104,585 |
| Mongolia | 26 | 1:108,665 | 7,123 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 66 | 1:760,889 | 48,111 |
Ulam (706) may also be a first name.
Ulam Demographics
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Ulam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ulam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ulam (Hindi: उलम, Marathi: उलम, Oriya: ଉଲାମ, Russian: Улам) is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ulam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 138,286th most prevalent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,252,023 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 61 percent of Ulam are found; 34 percent are found in West Asia and 28 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ulam is also the 310,909th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 706 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 896 people, or 1 in 197,704. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 49 percent reside, Adamawa, where 17 percent reside and Cross River, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 26 percent reside and India, where 12 percent reside.
Ulam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Ulam has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ulam surname increased 417 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ulam Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Ulam last name are 0.59999999999999% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52.63% being registered with the political party.
Ulam earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.81% less than the national average, earning $40,640 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ulam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ulam in the Hindi language | ||
| उलम | ulama | - |
| Ulam in the Marathi language | ||
| उलम | ulama | 90.63 |
| उलाम | ulama | 4.69 |
| उळाम | ulama | 3.13 |
| ऊलम | ulama | 1.56 |
| Ulam in the Oriya language | ||
| ଉଲାମ | ulama | 57.14 |
| ଉଲମ | ulama | 42.86 |
| Ulam in the Russian language | ||
| Улам | ulam | - |
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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 Ulam
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