Walam Surname
Approximately 720 people bear this surname
Walam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 248 | 1:533,263 | 43,166 |
| India | 162 | 1:4,734,971 | 120,979 |
| Papua New Guinea | 149 | 1:54,723 | 6,930 |
| Thailand | 54 | 1:1,308,118 | 185,513 |
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| Niger | 22 | 1:872,364 | 19,806 |
| Pakistan | 18 | 1:9,924,660 | 48,309 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Walam (1,235) may also be a first name.
Walam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Walam (Hindi: वालमा, Marathi: वालम, Oriya: ୱାଲାମ) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Walam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 467,272nd most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 10,121,592 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 48 percent of Walam are found; 41 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 41 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 225,053rd most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 1,235 people.
The last name Walam is most common in Indonesia, where it is held by 248 people, or 1 in 533,263. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: Papua, where 58 percent live, West Java, where 38 percent live and East Java, where 3 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in India, where 23 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Walam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Walam in the Hindi language | ||
| वालमा | valama | - |
| Walam in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାଲାମ | walama | - |
| Walam in the Marathi language | ||
| वालम | valama | 98.94 |
| वाळम | valama | 1.06 |
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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 Walam
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