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

Al Faham is more commonly found in Syria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name is the 545,543rd most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 12,414,899 people. The last name Al Faham occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Al Faham live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 78 percent live in Levant.

The last name is most widely held in Syria, where it is carried by 205 people, or 1 in 94,151. In Syria it is most common in: Homs Governorate, where 98 percent live and Aleppo Governorate, where 2 percent live. Aside from Syria Al Faham exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 20 percent live and Lebanon, where 16 percent live.

Al Faham Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Al Faham surname is chiefly 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
  • 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 Faham
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