Zalem Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Zalem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 87 | 1:2,460,625 | 75,139 |
| Venezuela | 45 | 1:671,202 | 11,567 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Zalem (624) may also be a first name.
Zalem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zalem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zalem (Russian: Залем) occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zalem? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,343,156th most commonly held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname Zalem is mostly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Zalem reside; 80 percent reside in South America and 52 percent reside in Luso-South America. Zalem is also the 333,643rd most widely held first name in the world It is held by 624 people.
The last name Zalem is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 2,460,625. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Minas Gerais, where 41 percent are found, Rio de Janeiro, where 11 percent are found and São Paulo, where 11 percent are found. Not including Brazil this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 27 percent are found and Sweden, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zalem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zalem in the Russian language | ||
| Залем | zalem | - |
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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 Zalem
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