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 most common in Brazil. It may also be found in the variant forms: Velâme. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Velame? popularity and diffusion
The surname Velame is the 347,978th most common family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,940,520 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Velame live; 91 percent live in South America and 91 percent live in Luso-South America.
This last name is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is held by 951 people, or 1 in 225,104. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Bahia, where 65 percent live, São Paulo, where 16 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 5 percent live. Not including Brazil Velame is found in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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