Zahem Surname
Approximately 1,021 people bear this surname
Zahem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 838 | 1:41,792 | 1,770 |
| Algeria | 98 | 1:394,200 | 33,870 |
| Pakistan | 27 | 1:6,616,440 | 38,275 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Palestine | 5 | 1:909,770 | 15,190 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
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.
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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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