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
Zahem occurs more in Iraq more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further 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 widespread last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 7,137,655 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Zahem live; 84 percent live in West Asia and 83 percent live in Levant. It is also the 389,954th most frequently held given name on earth It is held by 476 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Iraq, where it is borne by 838 people, or 1 in 41,792. Without taking into account Iraq this last name is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 10 percent live and Pakistan, where 3 percent live.
Zahem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Zahem has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Zahem surname contracted 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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