Al Iman Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Sweden

Al Iman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Iman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Al Iman (12) may also be a first name.

Al Iman Last Name Facts

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

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

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

This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 69 percent of Al Iman reside; 62 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 54 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 12 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 5,898,845. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Kelantan, where 40 percent are found, Negeri Sembilan, where 20 percent are found and Penang, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account Malaysia it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 15 percent are found and Sweden, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Aiman932/
Al Yiman931/
Al Eiman931/
Al Imam864,078/
Al Eman86184/
Al-Iman864/
Al Imon861/
Al Uman861/
Al Ehman803/
Al Ajman803/
Al Ayman802/
Al Yoman801/
Al Ismam801/
Al Imaam801/
Al Hajman752/
Al Emam71973/
Al Emon71632/
Al-Eman71123/
Al-Imam71104/
Al-Uman711/
Al-Emam57655/
Al-Emmam531/

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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 Iman
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