Al Alim Surname
Approximately 1,295 people bear this surname
Al Alim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 686 | 1:28,136 | 1,873 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Yemen | 106 | 1:249,295 | 9,237 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| United Arab Emirates | 48 | 1:190,881 | 13,202 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Halim | 93 | 30 | / |
| Al Alaim | 93 | 1 | / |
| Al Aalim | 93 | 1 | / |
| Al Halime | 88 | 1 | / |
| Al Ahalim | 88 | 1 | / |
| Al Alem | 86 | 260 | / |
| Al-Alim | 86 | 68 | / |
| Al Alin | 86 | 7 | / |
| Al Elim | 86 | 4 | / |
| Al-Halim | 80 | 504 | / |
| Al Aleem | 80 | 113 | / |
| Al Alien | 80 | 57 | / |
| Al-Alime | 80 | 1 | / |
| Al Aling | 80 | 1 | / |
| Al Haleem | 75 | 87 | / |
| Al Ealing | 75 | 1 | / |
| Al Haling | 75 | 1 | / |
| Al-Alem | 71 | 425 | / |
| Al Elem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Al-Aleem | 67 | 3 | / |
| Al Aleng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Al-Aalem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Al Allen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Al-Haleem | 63 | 4 | / |
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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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