Zahem Surname

355,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,021 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iraq
Highest density in:
Iraq

Zahem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zahem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iraq8381:41,7921,770
Algeria981:394,20033,870
Pakistan271:6,616,44038,275
France181:3,690,151224,666
Syria91:2,144,5589,551
Yemen61:4,404,21618,907
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Palestine51:909,77015,190
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Zahem (476) may also be a first name.

Zahem Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zahem Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Zahem is carried by more people in Iraq than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zahem? popularity and diffusion

The last name Zahem is the 355,911th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 7,137,655 people. The last name Zahem is primarily found in Asia, where 88 percent of Zahem reside; 84 percent reside in West Asia and 83 percent reside in Levant. Zahem is also the 389,954th most common forename worldwide. It is borne by 476 people.

The last name is most frequent in Iraq, where it is borne by 838 people, or 1 in 41,792. Excluding Iraq it is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 10 percent live and Pakistan, where 3 percent live.

Zahem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Zahem has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Zahem last name decreased 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zaem891,189/
Zaeem801,952/
Zahim801,823/
Zaeim8060/
Zaaem805/
Zaïem805/
Zehem804/
Zaayem73698/
Zayyem737/
Zaaiem731/
Zhaeem731/
Dzaayem6778/
Zoem6763/
Chaheme675/
Zaaiyem674/
Zaayeem671/
Zeum671/
Tsaheam670/

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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 Zahem
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