Yelam Surname
Approximately 595 people bear this surname
Yelam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 573 | 1:1,338,683 | 52,093 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Yelam (149) may also be a first name.
Yelam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yelam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yelam (Hindi: येलम, Marathi: येलम) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yelam.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 540,057th most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,247,976 people. The last name Yelam is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Yelam are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 96 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Yelam is also the 754,880th most common forename throughout the world. It is borne by 149 people.
The surname Yelam is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 573 people, or 1 in 1,338,683. In India Yelam is most common in: Maharashtra, where 57 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 30 percent live and Telangana, where 12 percent live. Outside of India this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 2 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yelam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yelam in the Hindi language | ||
| येलम | yelama | - |
| Yelam in the Marathi language | ||
| येलम | yelama | 71.75 |
| येलाम | yelama | 16.2 |
| येळाम | yelama | 10.17 |
| एलम | elama | 1.13 |
| येडाम | yedama | 0.38 |
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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 Yelam
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