Al Faham Surname

545,543rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 587 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Al Faham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Faham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria2051:94,1513,306
Kuwait1161:32,7654,071
Lebanon921:61,2734,653
Palestine911:49,9875,102
Jordan411:215,6699,760
Iraq261:1,346,98715,017
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

Al Faham Last Name Facts

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

The last name Al Faham is found most frequently in Syria. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Al Faham.

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

The surname Al Faham is the 545,543rd most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 12,414,899 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Al Faham are found; 99 percent are found in West Asia and 78 percent are found in Levant.

The last name is most frequent in Syria, where it is carried by 205 people, or 1 in 94,151. In Syria it is primarily concentrated in: Homs Governorate, where 98 percent reside and Aleppo Governorate, where 2 percent reside. Besides Syria Al Faham exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 20 percent reside and Lebanon, where 16 percent reside.

Al Faham Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Sunni (58%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Fahami943/
Alfaham93258/
Al Fahm9375/
Al Fahim883,844/
El Faham88875/
Al-Faham8837/
Al Fahem886/
Al Fahum885/
ul Faham881/
Al Fahimi8264/
Al Fahoum8248/
Al Faheem824/
Alifahamu821/
El Fahame821/
Elfaham802,759/
Al Fajm80551/
Alfahim8065/
Alfahom802/
Alfahem801/
Al-Faam801/
Al Faim801/
Al-Fahm801/
Ali Faheem782/
Al Fahemah781/
El Fahim751,131/
El-Faham75553/
Al-Fahim75363/
El Fahem75231/
Alfahoum7544/
Alfaheem757/
ul Fahim754/
Alfahoom751/
Elfahame751/
ul Fahem751/
El Fiham751/
El Fahimi71316/
Al-Fam7111/
Al-Fahoum715/
ul Faheem715/
El Fehaim714/
El Fahime711/
Al-Fahimi711/
Alifaheem711/
Elfahim67585/
Elfahem6733/
Al Phom671/

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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 Al Faham
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