Wajam Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Wajam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wajam (40) may also be a first name.
Wajam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wajam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wajam (Oriya: ୱାଜମ୍) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wajam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,055,934th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Wajam reside; 73 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 73 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Wajam is also the 1,614,485th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 40 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 4,408,306. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: West Java, where 97 percent live and Papua, where 3 percent live. Aside from Indonesia it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 17 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wajam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wajam in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାଜମ୍ | wajam | - |
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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 Wajam
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