Zelam Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Zelam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Zelam (90) may also be a first name.
Zelam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zelam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zelam (Marathi: झेलम) is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zelam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zelam is the 4,206,983rd most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Zelam are found; 91 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 91 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Zelam is also the 1,005,046th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 90 people.
This last name is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 1,474,711. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Kelantan, where 60 percent live, Perak, where 30 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 5 percent live. Beside Malaysia this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 5 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zelam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zelam in the Marathi language | ||
| झेलम | jhelama | 85.71 |
| झेलाम | jhelama | 14.29 |
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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 Zelam
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