Velame Surname
Approximately 1,050 people bear this surname
Velame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 951 | 1:225,104 | 8,712 |
| India | 90 | 1:8,522,949 | 175,347 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
The alternate forms: Velâme (1) are calculated separately.
Velame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Velame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Velame (Marathi: वेळमे) is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Velâme. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Velame? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 347,978th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 6,940,520 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Velame live; 91 percent live in South America and 91 percent live in Luso-South America.
It is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is borne by 951 people, or 1 in 225,104. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Bahia, where 65 percent are found, São Paulo, where 16 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 5 percent are found. Not including Brazil it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in India, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Velame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Velame in the Marathi language | ||
| वेळमे | velame | 82.43 |
| वेलमे | velame | 16.22 |
| वेळामे | velame | 1.35 |
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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 Velame
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