Yanam Surname
Approximately 1,679 people bear this surname
Yanam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,161 | 1:660,694 | 31,112 |
| Papua New Guinea | 309 | 1:26,387 | 2,949 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Malaysia | 28 | 1:1,053,365 | 46,873 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Yanam (1,426) may also be a first name.
Yanam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yanam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yanam (Hindi: यानम, Marathi: यानम, Oriya: ୟାନାମ, Russian: Янам) has its highest incidence in India. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yanam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 238,706th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,340,409 people. The surname Yanam occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Yanam reside; 69 percent reside in South Asia and 69 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 206,669th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 1,426 people.
This surname is most frequent in India, where it is held by 1,161 people, or 1 in 660,694. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 66 percent live, Telangana, where 24 percent live and Maharashtra, where 5 percent live. Besides India Yanam occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yanam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yanam in the Oriya language | ||
| ୟାନାମ | yanama | - |
| Yanam in the Marathi language | ||
| यानम | yanama | 66.28 |
| यनम | yanama | 18.6 |
| यानाम | yanama | 10.47 |
| नम | nama | 2.33 |
| थानम | thanama | 2.33 |
| Yanam in the Hindi language | ||
| यानम | yanama | 50 |
| यनाम | yanama | 25 |
| ज़यनम | zayanama | 25 |
| Yanam in the Russian language | ||
| Янам | anam | - |
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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 Yanam
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