Vegam Surname
Approximately 164,076 people bear this surname
Vegam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 160,640 | 1:4,775 | 429 |
| Nepal | 3,426 | 1:8,313 | 608 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Vegam (3,327) may also be a first name.
Vegam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vegam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vegam (Bengali: বেগম, Hindi: वेगम, Marathi: वेगम) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Vegam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,415th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 44,416 people. Vegam occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Vegam are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Vegam is also the 123,847th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 3,327 people.
The surname is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 160,640 people, or 1 in 4,775. In India it is mostly found in: Uttar Pradesh, where 71 percent live, Bihar, where 27 percent live and Madhya Pradesh, where 1 percent live. Besides India this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nepal, where 2 percent live and Chile, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vegam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vegam in the Bengali language | ||
| বেগম | begama | - |
| Vegam in the Hindi language | ||
| वेगम | vegama | 99.74 |
| बेगम | begama | 0.13 |
| वेगाम | vegama | 0.07 |
| वे्गम | vegama | 0.03 |
| वेगम् | vegam | 0 |
| खां | kham | 0 |
| वेगमा | vegama | 0 |
| वगम | vagama | 0 |
| व्ेगम | vegama | 0 |
| वेजम | vejama | 0 |
| बेग्म | begma | 0 |
| वेग | vega | 0 |
| वे़गम | vegama | 0 |
| वेगम़ | vegama | 0 |
| वॆगम | vegama | 0 |
| Vegam in the Marathi language | ||
| वेगम | vegama | 68.75 |
| वेगाम | vegama | 12.5 |
| बेगम | begama | 12.5 |
| वेगमज | vegamaja | 6.25 |
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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 Vegam
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