Abu Ali Surname

12,540th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44,734 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Abu Ali Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abu Ali Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt36,6701:2,507337
Yemen2,9661:8,9091,149
Iran2,8791:26,6703,292
Palestine7731:5,8851,292
Israel4951:17,2882,579
Jordan3501:25,2643,423
Iraq2411:145,3183,824
Kuwait1061:35,8564,508
Lebanon431:131,0956,872
Sudan361:1,041,9503,038
Syria321:603,1575,622
Afghanistan311:1,037,1999,747
Philippines281:3,615,651151,287
Brazil231:9,307,580200,052
Pakistan141:12,760,27855,960
Qatar91:262,00030,726
India71:109,580,769786,157
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Abu Ali (12,939) may also be a first name.

Abu Ali Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Abu Ali Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Abu Ali is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Abu Ali? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 12,540th most frequently held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 162,908 people. The last name Abu Ali occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Abu Ali are found; 82 percent are found in North Africa and 82 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 51,465th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 12,939 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is borne by 36,670 people, or 1 in 2,507. Not including Egypt it exists in 30 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 7 percent are found and Iran, where 6 percent are found.

Abu Ali Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Sunni (63%) in Lebanon.

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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 Abu Ali
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