Zaman Surname
Approximately 1,164,200 people bear this surname
Zaman Surname User-submission:
The Zaman surname means 'time', 'age', 'era' in Arabic. It also can be used to form names in combination with other words. For example, Nur uz-Zaman (light of the era), Shams uz-Zaman (sun of the time).
Zaman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 610,164 | 1:293 | 36 |
| Bangladesh | 438,605 | 1:363 | 41 |
| Afghanistan | 22,371 | 1:1,437 | 176 |
| Saudi Arabia | 10,653 | 1:2,896 | 372 |
| Indonesia | 10,243 | 1:12,911 | 1,633 |
| India | 9,862 | 1:77,780 | 5,273 |
| Egypt | 9,793 | 1:9,388 | 1,140 |
| Malaysia | 7,434 | 1:3,967 | 583 |
| England | 7,088 | 1:7,861 | 1,151 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6,101 | 1:1,502 | 175 |
| Iran | 5,940 | 1:12,926 | 1,725 |
| Turkey | 4,435 | 1:17,547 | 2,114 |
| United States | 4,391 | 1:82,546 | 9,375 |
| Kuwait | 1,899 | 1:2,001 | 255 |
| Philippines | 1,754 | 1:57,718 | 9,691 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,462 | 1:14,233 | 2,024 |
| Canada | 1,247 | 1:29,547 | 3,871 |
| Iraq | 1,200 | 1:29,185 | 1,434 |
| Belgium | 884 | 1:13,005 | 1,958 |
| Nigeria | 849 | 1:208,649 | 12,416 |
| Qatar | 677 | 1:3,483 | 349 |
| Bahrain | 647 | 1:2,084 | 311 |
| Romania | 589 | 1:34,088 | 4,347 |
| Yemen | 586 | 1:45,094 | 3,741 |
| Oman | 486 | 1:7,588 | 1,054 |
| Thailand | 465 | 1:151,910 | 24,075 |
| Spain | 442 | 1:105,774 | 8,493 |
| Australia | 405 | 1:66,656 | 7,947 |
| Slovenia | 294 | 1:8,461 | 1,928 |
| France | 228 | 1:291,328 | 44,676 |
| Germany | 195 | 1:412,849 | 37,725 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Kazakhstan | 168 | 1:105,253 | 11,535 |
| Guyana | 154 | 1:4,949 | 876 |
| Singapore | 141 | 1:39,062 | 1,450 |
| Cameroon | 140 | 1:148,350 | 16,370 |
| Ivory Coast | 139 | 1:165,980 | 7,542 |
| Netherlands | 137 | 1:123,264 | 19,295 |
| Brunei | 123 | 1:3,404 | 573 |
| Scotland | 116 | 1:46,154 | 4,115 |
| South Africa | 105 | 1:515,978 | 41,519 |
| Sweden | 101 | 1:97,493 | 7,084 |
| Niger | 100 | 1:191,920 | 6,591 |
| Wales | 99 | 1:31,258 | 3,153 |
| Israel | 83 | 1:103,104 | 11,791 |
| Japan | 82 | 1:1,559,077 | 24,802 |
| Norway | 78 | 1:65,927 | 9,320 |
| Greece | 74 | 1:149,727 | 24,658 |
| Russia | 68 | 1:2,119,457 | 129,651 |
| Denmark | 65 | 1:86,842 | 8,367 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Azerbaijan | 49 | 1:196,921 | 5,248 |
| New Zealand | 47 | 1:96,347 | 13,070 |
| Peru | 44 | 1:722,366 | 16,614 |
| Italy | 41 | 1:1,491,627 | 80,856 |
| Croatia | 35 | 1:120,817 | 17,927 |
| Ireland | 31 | 1:151,901 | 6,891 |
| Poland | 30 | 1:1,266,958 | 80,461 |
| China | 28 | 1:48,832,913 | 2,633 |
| Brazil | 27 | 1:7,928,679 | 178,836 |
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Austria | 21 | 1:405,497 | 41,758 |
| Switzerland | 21 | 1:391,091 | 29,271 |
| Ukraine | 18 | 1:2,529,039 | 160,188 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Panama | 16 | 1:244,516 | 6,353 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Belarus | 15 | 1:633,404 | 54,314 |
| Iceland | 15 | 1:25,339 | 1,935 |
| Northern Cyprus | 15 | 1:21,267 | 5,310 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| South Korea | 6 | 1:8,540,043 | 1,433 |
| Jordan | 5 | 1:1,768,487 | 19,843 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Maldives | 4 | 1:101,043 | 3,565 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 1:54,580 | 1,498 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Zăman (28) are calculated separately.
Zaman (130,731) may also be a first name.
Zaman Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Zaman surname means 'time', 'age', 'era' in Arabic. It also can be used to form names in combination with other words. For example, Nur uz-Zaman (light of the era), Shams uz-Zaman (sun of the time).
- mikayla0212This surname in Aradic stands for 'leadership'.
- Forebears.io Manual SubmissionsThe Zaman surname means 'era' in Arabic.
- Forebears.io Manual SubmissionsZaman Demographics
Average Male Zaman Height
172.88 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Zaman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zaman Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zaman (Arabic: زمان, Bengali: জামান, Georgian: ზამან, Hindi: जमां, Marathi: झामन, Oriya: ମହ, Russian: Заман) is more commonly found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Zăman. Click here to see other potential spellings of Zaman.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaman? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 444th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 6,260 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Zaman reside; 93 percent reside in South Asia and 93 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 7,973rd most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 130,731 people.
The surname Zaman is most numerous in Pakistan, where it is borne by 610,164 people, or 1 in 293. In Pakistan Zaman is mostly found in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 46 percent live, Punjab, where 37 percent live and Sindh, where 8 percent live. Besides Pakistan this surname exists in 115 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 38 percent live and Afghanistan, where 2 percent live.
Zaman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Zaman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Zaman surname grew 43,910 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Zaman Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Zaman last name are 4.95% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.72% being registered with the party.
The amount Zaman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 77.15% less than the national average, earning €6,863 per year; in Norway they earn 3.83% less than the national average, earning 332,825 kr per year; in Peru they earn 22.17% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,088 per year; in South Africa they earn 35.49% more than the national average, earning R 321,984 per year; in United States they earn 12.68% more than the national average, earning $48,621 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.57% more than the national average, earning $50,462 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zaman Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zaman in the Georgian language | ||
| ზამან | zaman | - |
| Zaman in the Bengali language | ||
| জামান | jamana | - |
| Zaman in the Oriya language | ||
| ମହ | maha | 50 |
| ଜମାନ | jamana | 25 |
| ଜମଁା | jamama | 10 |
| ସମସୁଜ | samasuja | 5 |
| ଜାମନ | jamana | 5 |
| ଜମନ | jamana | 5 |
| Zaman in the Marathi language | ||
| झामन | jhamana | 49.55 |
| झमान | jhamana | 17.12 |
| झमन | jhamana | 12.61 |
| जमान | jamana | 11.71 |
| झेामन | jheamana | 3.6 |
| जमन | jamana | 1.8 |
| Zaman in the Hindi language | ||
| जमां | jamam | 27.83 |
| जमन | jamana | 16.52 |
| जमा | jama | 13.91 |
| ज़मन | zamana | 10.43 |
| जमान | jamana | 8.7 |
| ज़मां | zamam | 5.22 |
| जमॉ | jamo | 3.48 |
| ज़मन | zamana | 2.61 |
| उज्जमा | ujjama | 2.61 |
| ज़मान | zamana | 1.74 |
| ज़मा | zama | 1.74 |
| ज़मान | zamana | 0.87 |
| ज़मां | zamam | 0.87 |
| जम | jama | 0.87 |
| जामुन | jamuna | 0.87 |
| ज़मल | zamala | 0.87 |
| ज़मॅा | zamea | 0.87 |
| Zaman in the Russian language | ||
| Заман | zaman | - |
| Zaman in the Arabic language | ||
| زمان | zman | - |
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