Azam is used as a family name or surname in Bangladesh. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Azam
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Bangladesh
Meaning: Very common name in the Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne (also Asam). It is a regional variant of Adam Christian name. Azan form encountered in the Provence. This is a fairly common sound shift in the South and particularly in the Tarn: so the name became Azémar Adémar there. Warning: Azam can also be an Arab person's name (similar form: Azzam) with the meaning of "willful, determined" (sometimes also the name given to the lion).

How popular is Azam?

Azam is common in Bangladesh.

Azam is ranked 759 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Azams grew by 65.16129 per cent to 1536 since 2000 and ranked 18128 after elevating 6913 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 80.99 74.84
White 11.46 11.29
Others 4.75 12.58
Hispanic or Latino 1.43 0.86
Black 1.37 0
Azam is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Pakistan which signifies that it is originated from Pakistan. Around 690505 people have been found who wears Azam as their family name. Azam is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
2,208 Maldives7
9,949 Trinidad and Tobago6
1,039 Libya5
1,941 Sudan4
11,480 Japan4
2,955 Syria4
2,011 South Korea4
15,749 Finland3
11,342 Uruguay3
35,184 Poland3
761 Brunei3
4,529 Mauritius3
127,708 Czech Republic3
18,114 Algeria3
32,086 Mexico3
54,135 Philippines2
14,521 Portugal2
40,064 Nigeria2
139,444 Brazil2
4,302 Benin2
18,718 Thailand2
16,228 Bulgaria1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
408 Åland1
6,820 Angola1
37,779 Serbia1
120,357 Argentina1
15,705 Cameroon1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
6,149 Ethiopia1
6,688 Malawi1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
2,196 Liberia1
12,270 Lebanon1
971 Seychelles1
28,365 Kenya1
24,421 Slovakia1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
9,498 Iceland1
34,581 Chile1
2,715 Gabon1
13,447 Uganda1
3,275 Nepal1
880 Djibouti1
7,292 Vietnam1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
2,505 Congo1
5,916 Mozambique1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,873 Ireland44
15,402 Kyrgyzstan43
49,393 Netherlands35
80,267 Kazakhstan24
2,197 China20
4,083 Guyana19
202,099 Ukraine14
62,309 Zimbabwe13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,684 Switzerland90
126,983 Russia85
45,171 Tanzania73
5,257 Wales68
9,137 Denmark64
10,776 New Zealand62
Countries with hundreds of Azam:
13,156 Germany773
6,990 Morocco738
465 Kuwait731
1,349 Tajikistan711
6,600 Canada643
6,125 Uzbekistan605
331 Qatar584
16,034 South Africa384
16,380 Turkey384
435 Bahrain342
2,971 Jordan339
7,729 Ghana320
12,724 Spain275
12,073 Australia228
4,981 Israel224
39,356 Italy213
5,438 Sweden174
13,267 Greece147
857 Fiji146
4,243 Scotland138
2,612 Singapore136
2,019 Hong Kong119
7,291 Norway105
16,921 Belgium104
Countries with thousands of Azam:
1,484 Egypt6,537
628 Yemen5,970
683 Sri Lanka3,913
237 United Arab Emirates3,371
2,512 England3,151
1,613 Iraq2,659
18,862 United States1,719
7,923 Indonesia1,659
5,836 France1,470
391 Oman1,238
Countries with ten thousands of Azam:
2,870 India18,843
195 Saudi Arabia15,122
350 Malaysia11,560
1,082 Iran10,850
303 Afghanistan10,756
Countries with hundred thousands of Azam:
104 Pakistan340,709
75 Bangladesh241,664
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 Azam is noon surname, represents the Occitan form of adam name baptism of biblical origin, derived from the Hebrew meaning adham formed man of the red earth.

Azam Namesakes

    Ghulam Azam, Islamist-Bangladeshi retired political leader and a convicted war criminal of the Bangladesh Liberation War
  • Idriss Azami Al Idrissi, Politician
  • Idriss Azami Al Idrissi, Politician
  • Mohammad Azam Khan, Dost Mohammad Khan's son
  • Ahad Azam, Soccer player
  • Babar Azam, Cricketer
  • Alaa Azam, Musical Artist
  • Anel Azamatova, Actor
  • Asif Azam Siddiqi, Science writer
  • Muhammad Azam Shah, Prince
  • Hammad Azam, Cricketer
  • Patrick Azam, from 2003 drama film Vertige de la page blanche, who portrayed the First.
  • In 2014, Faruque Azam characterized the role of Habul Ghosh in action, adventure film Kartooz.

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