Alaaj Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Alaaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Alaaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alaaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alaaj (Marathi: अलफ़ाज) is found most frequently in Afghanistan. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Alaaj? popularity and diffusion
The surname Alaaj is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Alaaj live; 92 percent live in South Asia and 83 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
Alaaj is most widespread in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 3,215,318. In Afghanistan Alaaj is mostly concentrated in: Nangarhar, where 50 percent are found, Kabul, where 20 percent are found and Balkh, where 10 percent are found. Barring Afghanistan Alaaj is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 8 percent are found and Yemen, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alaaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alaaj in the Marathi language | ||
| अलफ़ाज | alafaja | - |
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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 Alaaj
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