Al Rahman Surname

1,953rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 279,634 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Al Rahman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Rahman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan267,1351:669105
Lebanon3,6551:1,542293
United Arab Emirates3,4301:2,671332
Yemen2,1961:12,0331,446
Bangladesh1,2621:126,2735,065
Kuwait8291:4,585628
Egypt4881:188,39313,801
Saudi Arabia3581:86,18912,374
Iraq1891:185,3004,427
Palestine381:119,7077,517
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
England31:18,572,686338,250
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Al Rahman (102) may also be a first name.

Al Rahman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Al Rahman is more commonly found in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

The surname is the 1,953rd most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 26,061 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Rahman live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 935,178th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 102 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is borne by 267,135 people, or 1 in 669. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 80 percent live, Punjab, where 10 percent live and Sindh, where 6 percent live. Other than Pakistan it occurs in 27 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 1 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.

Al Rahman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Al Rahman surname is predominantly Sunni (93%) in Lebanon.

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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 Rahman
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