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
The last name Yolam (Hindi: योलम, Marathi: ीयोलम) is found most in Tanzania. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yolam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 495,028th most numerous family name globally It is held by around 1 in 10,925,856 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Yolam reside; 54 percent reside in East Africa and 54 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Yolam is also the 172,614th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 1,932 people.
The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 355 people, or 1 in 149,131. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 36 percent reside, Dodoma Region, where 30 percent reside and Rukwa Region, where 28 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common 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
- 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 Yolam
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