Alima Forename
4,747th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 220,241 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mali
Highest density in:
Mali
Alima Forename Definition:
A Greek name, meaning: Sea maiden.
Alima Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 99% | 38,052 | 1:446 | 85 |
| Cameroon | 97% | 27,641 | 1:782 | 145 |
| India | 90% | 24,415 | 1:49,759 | 6,684 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 19,876 | 1:925 | 152 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 12,610 | 1:14,081 | 1,647 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 9,989 | 1:15,964 | 1,911 |
| Benin | 100% | 9,428 | 1:1,122 | 257 |
| Burundi | 100% | 9,414 | 1:1,052 | 342 |
| Uganda | 99% | 8,684 | 1:4,716 | 563 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 7,855 | 1:2,938 | 314 |
| Senegal | 100% | 7,522 | 1:1,938 | 270 |
| Mozambique | - | 5,760 | 1:4,730 | 908 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 4,783 | 1:3,710 | 504 |
| DR Congo | 94% | 4,040 | 1:18,274 | 1,558 |
| Algeria | 100% | 3,525 | 1:10,830 | 874 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3,035 | 1:1,968 | 341 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,865 | 1:9,419 | 941 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 2,724 | 1:11,976 | 1,156 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,437 | 1:105,853 | 11,770 |
| Togo | - | 2,308 | 1:3,137 | 530 |
| Russia | 99% | 2,153 | 1:66,992 | 1,451 |
| Niger | 95% | 1,208 | 1:15,881 | 1,276 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1,154 | 1:168,421 | 6,080 |
| Somalia | - | 957 | 1:14,134 | 1,201 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 796 | 1:38,676 | 1,787 |
| Malawi | 100% | 740 | 1:23,125 | 2,002 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 721 | 1:2,900 | 545 |
| Guinea | 100% | 682 | 1:17,388 | 952 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 520 | 1:29,661 | 2,993 |
| Nepal | 82% | 516 | 1:55,208 | 3,838 |
| Papua New Guinea | 90% | 449 | 1:18,157 | 1,809 |
| Kenya | 98% | 371 | 1:124,817 | 6,045 |
| Iran | 100% | 331 | 1:237,151 | 4,005 |
| France | 100% | 320 | 1:207,720 | 3,314 |
| Philippines | 94% | 305 | 1:347,572 | 12,998 |
| United States | 100% | 304 | 1:1,192,556 | 23,546 |
| South Africa | 98% | 245 | 1:222,582 | 13,888 |
| England | 100% | 223 | 1:249,340 | 6,751 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 205 | 1:148,536 | 9,343 |
| Congo | 98% | 149 | 1:33,619 | 2,900 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 140 | 1:377,059 | 12,001 |
| Morocco | 100% | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Georgia | 87% | 39 | 1:95,858 | 3,573 |
| Turkey | 97% | 39 | 1:1,994,916 | 14,199 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 36 | 1:37,817 | 3,714 |
| Canada | 100% | 31 | 1:1,068,818 | 20,809 |
| Zambia | - | 29 | 1:546,717 | 12,091 |
| Ethiopia | 50% | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| Greece | 100% | 24 | 1:455,606 | 6,422 |
| Iraq | 100% | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| Azerbaijan | 92% | 23 | 1:419,258 | 9,329 |
| Belgium | 100% | 22 | 1:522,275 | 8,300 |
| Kosovo | - | 18 | 1:103,413 | 5,588 |
| Spain | 100% | 18 | 1:2,584,998 | 12,929 |
| Sweden | 100% | 18 | 1:547,662 | 13,582 |
| Jordan | 100% | 16 | 1:551,673 | 4,062 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 16 | 1:1,056,380 | 17,844 |
| Brazil | 100% | 15 | 1:14,282,410 | 156,374 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 15 | 1:375,171 | 5,607 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 14 | 1:251,747 | 3,850 |
| Guyana | 100% | 12 | 1:63,605 | 5,544 |
| Germany | 100% | 11 | 1:8,788,898 | 31,109 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 11 | 1:746,681 | 9,974 |
| Gabon | 100% | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Haiti | - | 9 | 1:1,191,884 | 16,425 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Maldives | 100% | 8 | 1:54,238 | 1,689 |
| Thailand | 89% | 8 | 1:8,758,227 | 128,595 |
| Wales | 100% | 8 | 1:386,789 | 5,520 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 7 | 1:4,314,556 | 60,709 |
| Armenia | 100% | 6 | 1:486,459 | 5,701 |
| Italy | 100% | 6 | 1:10,177,015 | 31,373 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 6 | 1:1,191,999 | 40,353 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Chad | 50% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Denmark | - | 4 | 1:1,412,374 | 15,217 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Mexico | 100% | 4 | 1:31,036,107 | 61,748 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Croatia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Czechia | 100% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Liberia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,470,687 | 25,732 |
| Moldova | 100% | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Norway | - | 3 | 1:1,710,776 | 19,445 |
| Ireland | - | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Australia | - | 2 | 1:6,828,811 | 37,569 |
| China | - | 2 | 1:683,027,891 | 94,999 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Israel | - | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Oman | 100% | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Austria | 100% | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Alimá (1) are calculated separately.
Alima (37,501) may also be a surname.
Alima Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Greek name, meaning: Sea maiden.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Alima Forename Popularity
Alima Demographics
Alima Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 127 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Alima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alima in the Russian language | ||
| Алима | alima | - |
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