Al Alim Surname

294,637th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,295 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

Al Alim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Alim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria6861:28,1361,873
Bangladesh3601:442,65811,259
Yemen1061:249,2959,237
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
United Arab Emirates481:190,88113,202
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737

Al Alim (10) may also be a first name.

Al Alim Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Al Alim Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Al Alim is carried by more people in Syria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Alim? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 294,637th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 5,627,449 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Al Alim reside; 71 percent reside in West Asia and 53 percent reside in Levant. Al Alim is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held forename internationally, held by 10 people.

The surname is most frequent in Syria, where it is held by 686 people, or 1 in 28,136. In Syria it is mostly concentrated in: Aleppo Governorate, where 96 percent live, Homs Governorate, where 3 percent live and Damascus Governorate, where 0 percent live. Aside from Syria it occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 28 percent live and Yemen, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Halim9330/
Al Alaim931/
Al Aalim931/
Al Halime881/
Al Ahalim881/
Al Alem86260/
Al-Alim8668/
Al Alin867/
Al Elim864/
Al-Halim80504/
Al Aleem80113/
Al Alien8057/
Al-Alime801/
Al Aling801/
Al Haleem7587/
Al Ealing751/
Al Haling751/
Al-Alem71425/
Al Elem711/
Al-Aleem673/
Al Aleng671/
Al-Aalem671/
Al Allen671/
Al-Haleem634/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Al Alim
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