Yolam Surname
Approximately 667 people bear this surname
Yolam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 355 | 1:149,131 | 13,558 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Papua New Guinea | 83 | 1:98,238 | 13,191 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yolam (1,932) may also be a first name.
Yolam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yolam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yolam (Hindi: योलम, Marathi: ीयोलम) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yolam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 495,028th most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,925,856 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Yolam are found; 54 percent are found in East Africa and 54 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Yolam is also the 172,614th most frequently used given name world-wide. It is borne by 1,932 people.
The surname Yolam is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 355 people, or 1 in 149,131. In Tanzania Yolam is mostly concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 36 percent reside, Dodoma Region, where 30 percent reside and Rukwa Region, where 28 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania Yolam occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 27 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yolam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yolam in the Hindi language | ||
| योलम | yolama | - |
| Yolam in the Marathi language | ||
| ीयोलम | iyolama | - |
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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 Yolam
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