Ah Lam Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Ah Lam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ah Lam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Ah Lam (364) may also be a first name.

Ah Lam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ah Lam Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ah Lam is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ah Lam? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,063,924th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Ah Lam are found; 60 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 60 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ah Lam is also the 456,229th most widespread given name globally, borne by 364 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 5,898,845. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Johor, where 40 percent reside, Kedah, where 20 percent reside and Pahang, where 20 percent reside. Beside Malaysia it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in American Samoa, where 10 percent reside and Brunei, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ah Lan8373/
Ah-Lam832/
Ah Lian7734/
Ah Lean776/
Ah Lang771/
Ah Liang718/
Ah Lon6710/
Ah-Lan678/
Ah Long628/
Ah Loon622/
Ah Lone621/
Ah Loong573/
Ah Liong573/

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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 Ah Lam
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