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) is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zalem? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,343,156th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Zalem live; 80 percent live in South America and 52 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 333,643rd most commonly occurring given name internationally, held by 624 people.
It is most common in Brazil, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 2,460,625. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: Minas Gerais, where 41 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 11 percent reside and São Paulo, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Brazil it exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 27 percent reside and Sweden, where 4 percent reside.
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
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- 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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