Alam Surname

137^th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 4,207,732 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

Bangladesh

Highest density in:

Bangladesh

Alam Surname User-submission:

From a personal name from the Arabic 'alam', 'emblem', 'banner', hence an epithet for a distinguished man. 'Alam-al-Huda ('banner of guidance') is an honorific title of the Prophet Muhammad. Alam is generally found in names in combination with other words.

Alam Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Bangladesh	2,134,990	1:75	12
India	1,398,760	1:548	59
Pakistan	408,797	1:437	63
Saudi Arabia	57,837	1:533	27
Afghanistan	45,706	1:703	93
Indonesia	41,594	1:3,180	383
Egypt	19,464	1:4,723	623
United Arab Emirates	17,572	1:521	53
Iran	10,439	1:7,355	1,023
Sudan	9,520	1:3,940	571
United States	8,421	1:43,042	5,277
Oman	8,030	1:459	52
England	6,737	1:8,270	1,208
Qatar	6,053	1:390	14
Philippines	4,869	1:20,792	2,601
Kuwait	4,078	1:932	92
Canada	2,672	1:13,790	2,031
Malaysia	2,629	1:11,219	1,215
Lebanon	2,044	1:2,758	518
Bahrain	2,028	1:665	63
Nigeria	1,391	1:127,349	8,324
South Africa	1,348	1:40,191	5,168
Morocco	1,261	1:27,340	4,350
Yemen	1,228	1:21,519	2,248
Australia	1,173	1:23,014	3,170
Thailand	1,158	1:61,000	7,600
Spain	506	1:92,395	7,710
Sri Lanka	439	1:47,400	5,492
Singapore	394	1:13,979	629
Germany	369	1:218,172	24,578
Sweden	353	1:27,894	2,270
Iraq	341	1:102,703	3,064
Tanzania	338	1:156,632	14,076
Algeria	271	1:142,552	19,095
Uganda	224	1:174,282	14,695
Dominican Republic	223	1:46,784	2,447
Jordan	203	1:43,559	4,680
Argentina	190	1:224,965	18,484
Japan	189	1:676,425	16,750
Mexico	183	1:678,285	10,640
Austria	178	1:47,840	7,627
Palestine	176	1:25,846	3,680
Scotland	161	1:33,254	3,301
Fiji	157	1:5,697	1,113
Brazil	146	1:1,466,263	49,230
Italy	136	1:449,682	47,840
Turkey	134	1:580,757	31,553
Netherlands	133	1:126,971	19,799
Denmark	130	1:43,421	4,523
Ireland	115	1:40,947	3,187
Brunei	114	1:3,673	604
Greece	114	1:97,191	16,372
Wales	108	1:28,653	2,938
Venezuela	104	1:290,424	6,783
Cameroon	102	1:203,618	20,947
Chile	101	1:174,421	5,727
Papua New Guinea	101	1:80,730	10,659
New Zealand	90	1:50,315	8,125
Portugal	85	1:122,568	5,627
Nepal	77	1:369,883	3,848
Norway	75	1:68,564	9,650
France	72	1:922,538	106,020
DR Congo	68	1:1,086,464	68,260
Russia	66	1:2,183,683	132,197
Finland	65	1:84,565	9,027
China	61	1:22,415,108	1,242
Hong Kong	56	1:130,991	2,371
Poland	56	1:678,728	58,421
Libya	49	1:127,428	674
Switzerland	47	1:174,743	15,901
Ukraine	46	1:989,624	92,482
Suriname	38	1:14,543	3,502
Israel	32	1:267,426	24,032
Guyana	29	1:26,283	2,983
Northern Mariana Islands	28	1:1,949	228
South Korea	28	1:1,830,009	430
Belgium	26	1:442,179	45,013
Northern Ireland	25	1:73,801	5,249
Taiwan	25	1:937,790	6,555
Estonia	23	1:57,470	10,794
Seychelles	23	1:4,017	661
Botswana	22	1:99,406	15,343
Angola	16	1:1,686,826	3,823
Mozambique	16	1:1,703,848	2,274
Syria	14	1:1,378,644	7,647
Niger	13	1:1,476,309	30,154
El Salvador	11	1:576,717	3,120
Kenya	11	1:4,198,173	41,178
Ethiopia	9	1:10,838,474	14,518
Zambia	9	1:1,761,102	32,119
Cyprus	8	1:110,610	8,315
Guam	8	1:20,015	3,029
Hungary	7	1:1,402,325	60,133
Ivory Coast	7	1:3,295,890	46,139
Antigua and Barbuda	6	1:16,528	1,436
Bolivia	6	1:1,769,406	6,441
Kazakhstan	6	1:2,947,083	107,736
Liberia	5	1:881,707	33,815
Nicaragua	5	1:1,204,218	5,298
Belarus	4	1:2,375,265	105,497
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	1:884,100	15,259
Cambodia	4	1:3,871,786	9,580
Congo	4	1:1,247,274	20,238
Djibouti	4	1:228,733	966
Georgia	4	1:936,386	24,100
Ghana	4	1:6,755,173	15,406
Mali	4	1:4,242,259	2,433
Mauritius	4	1:323,354	10,053
South Sudan	4	1:2,853,769	1,758
Tunisia	4	1:152,656	17,743
Uruguay	4	1:857,940	31,713
Uzbekistan	4	1:7,732,286	43,643
Iceland	3	1:126,697	5,403
Lesotho	3	1:677,519	19,546
Maldives	3	1:134,724	4,057
Vietnam	3	1:30,882,018	4,101
Albania	2	1:1,457,028	24,967
Azerbaijan	2	1:4,824,561	42,415
Bhutan	2	1:308,020	1,264
Bulgaria	2	1:3,489,452	64,958
Colombia	2	1:23,887,036	32,612
Cuba	2	1:5,761,358	13,825
Czechia	2	1:5,316,734	169,646
Jamaica	2	1:1,434,974	11,081
Kyrgyzstan	2	1:2,986,327	84,533
Luxembourg	2	1:290,271	8,611
Paraguay	2	1:3,618,373	13,977
Peru	2	1:15,892,062	51,966
Romania	2	1:10,038,935	80,612
United States Virgin Islands	2	1:55,188	6,229
Zimbabwe	2	1:7,719,120	118,432
American Samoa	1	1:55,758	3,072
Aruba	1	1:103,477	2,586
Bahamas	1	1:391,751	2,737
Belize	1	1:355,474	3,977
Bermuda	1	1:65,279	3,010
Burkina Faso	1	1:18,352,100	30,051
Burundi	1	1:9,804,852	2,349
Chad	1	1:13,592,199	13,092
Costa Rica	1	1:4,780,069	13,345
East Timor	1	1:1,215,928	507
Ecuador	1	1:15,905,846	50,210
Equatorial Guinea	1	1:1,135,674	984
French Polynesia	1	1:280,805	7,211
Gabon	1	1:1,889,194	6,814
Haiti	1	1:10,683,907	24,607
Honduras	1	1:8,816,442	9,272
Isle of Man	1	1:85,822	4,091
Laos	1	1:6,588,323	1,961
Latvia	1	1:2,050,046	60,295
Lithuania	1	1:3,034,588	47,401
Monaco	1	1:37,066	4,748
Myanmar	1	1:51,937,985	2,166
Namibia	1	1:2,409,401	19,676
Northern Cyprus	1	1:319,011	10,202
Palau	1	1:21,643	223
Panama	1	1:3,912,258	17,195
Puerto Rico	1	1:3,550,139	9,109
Rwanda	1	1:11,364,978	5,947
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	1:112,659	1,704
Senegal	1	1:14,579,342	11,705
Sierra Leone	1	1:7,089,631	1,533
Slovakia	1	1:5,336,450	140,422
Swaziland	1	1:1,298,199	1,718
Tajikistan	1	1:8,386,692	12,859
Tonga	1	1:107,313	791
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1:1,363,975	22,013
Tuvalu	1	1:11,188	103

Show All Nations

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
England	6	1:4,062,562	101,150

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	8	1:6,277,336	262,771

The alternate forms: Alám (3) & Âlam (1) are calculated separately.

Alam (333,296) may also be a first name.

Alam Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

- tyler6

DNA test information

Alam Demographics

Average Male Alam Height

171.31^cm

Average male height (US):

175.3 cm

Sample size: 483 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Alam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Alam Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Alam (Arabic: العّم, Bengali: আলম, Georgian: ალამ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻼﻡ, Hindi: आलम, Marathi: आलाम, Oriya: ଆଲମ, Russian: Алам, Tibetan: ཨ་ལམ་) is found in Bangladesh more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Alám or Âlam. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Alam? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Alam is the 137^th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,732 people. The last name Alam occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Alam live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 62 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Alam is also the 3,128^th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 333,296 people.

The surname Alam is most widespread in Bangladesh, where it is held by 2,134,990 people, or 1 in 75. Outside of Bangladesh this last name occurs in 167 countries. It is also common in India, where 33 percent are found and Pakistan, where 10 percent are found.

Alam Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Alam has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Alam surname rose 105,263 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 112,283 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Alam Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Alam last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Russia and Maronite (86%) in Lebanon.

In The United States Alam are 2.31% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.54% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Alam earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 74.35% less than the national average, earning €7,703 per year; in Norway they earn 15.39% less than the national average, earning 292,805 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 50.96% less than the national average, earning R 116,532 per year; in United States they earn 13.19% more than the national average, earning $48,839 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.81% less than the national average, earning $46,302 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Alám	92	3	/
Âlam	92	1	/
Aslam	89	1,244,376	/
Allam	89	222,380	/
Aalam	89	147,292	/
Halam	89	15,113	/
Galam	89	6,942	/
Alaam	89	5,112	/
Alame	89	4,954	/
Ahlam	89	3,619	/
Algam	89	3,540	/
Atlam	89	2,913	/
Alham	89	1,485	/
Ailam	89	993	/
Alamm	89	954	/
Aulam	89	296	/
Ealam	89	292	/
Alahm	89	197	/
Aleam	89	193	/
Aliam	89	157	/
Alaim	89	80	/
Alamn	89	76	/
Alamd	89	45	/
Ajlam	89	43	/
Alamt	89	36	/
Alyam	89	29	/
Alamh	89	26	/
Alamg	89	21	/
Alamq	89	15	/
Alajm	89	13	/
Alasm	89	10	/
Aylam	89	10	/
Alaum	89	6	/
Aelam	89	6	/
A'Lam	89	5	/
Ala'm	89	1	/
Al'am	89	1	/
Alatm	89	1	/
Hallam	80	23,859	/
Haslam	80	15,196	/
Agliam	80	3,173	/
Aallam	80	1,595	/
Hailam	80	1,434	/
Allame	80	1,038	/
Alhamd	80	682	/
Alaime	80	341	/
Ahalam	80	326	/
Allaam	80	319	/
Alaham	80	293	/
Alajme	80	269	/
Alasim	80	251	/
Ahlamk	80	244	/
Aalame	80	185	/
Gaalam	80	137	/
Aslaam	80	130	/
Gallam	80	128	/
Aliame	80	121	/
Halame	80	101	/
Algaam	80	98	/
Ealham	80	86	/
Aslamc	80	80	/
Auslam	80	65	/
Alaume	80	55	/
Auliam	80	54	/
Aalaam	80	51	/
Aaslam	80	50	/
Galiam	80	48	/
Asllam	80	40	/
Alhame	80	40	/
Aislam	80	39	/
Easlam	80	37	/
Alhaam	80	33	/
Gaulam	80	31	/
Haliam	80	26	/
Alasem	80	25	/
Aslamm	80	23	/
Alliam	80	20	/
Allham	80	19	/
Halamm	80	18	/
Gailam	80	17	/
Halaim	80	16	/
Ahlaam	80	14	/
Alamth	80	14	/
Alleam	80	13	/
Aslaim	80	13	/
Aslasm	80	13	/
Attlam	80	13	/
Ahulam	80	12	/
Aslame	80	11	/
Haalam	80	11	/
Galgam	80	10	/
Aslamq	80	10	/
Allamm	80	9	/
Allaim	80	9	/
Alaism	80	9	/
Aihlam	80	9	/
Galyam	80	8	/
Asliam	80	8	/
Alaasm	80	8	/
Healam	80	7	/
Galeam	80	7	/
Aliamn	80	7	/
Algaim	80	7	/
Galaam	80	6	/
Halyam	80	6	/
Aslamn	80	6	/
Alatim	80	6	/
Aalamn	80	5	/
Allahm	80	5	/
Alhahm	80	4	/
Atllam	80	4	/
Alahtm	80	4	/
Haleam	80	3	/
Aalaim	80	3	/
Allgam	80	3	/
Eallam	80	3	/
Aillam	80	3	/
Alayme	80	3	/
Ailamn	80	3	/
Aulame	80	3	/
Alahmd	80	3	/
Aellam	80	2	/
Ailame	80	2	/
Ahllam	80	2	/
Aalamm	80	2	/
Aalamq	80	2	/
Gaylam	80	2	/
Aaleam	80	2	/
Aalgam	80	2	/
Aeleam	80	2	/
Asleam	80	2	/
Alllam	80	2	/
Alamhe	80	2	/
Alamme	80	2	/
Alasme	80	2	/
Aslaum	80	2	/
Atlame	80	2	/
Alhaim	80	2	/
Ealamd	80	2	/
Halham	80	1	/
Hatlam	80	1	/
Haulam	80	1	/
Ealgam	80	1	/
Halaam	80	1	/
Aatlam	80	1	/
Aaylam	80	1	/
Aalamk	80	1	/
Allamn	80	1	/
Ailamm	80	1	/
Ailiam	80	1	/
Aliaam	80	1	/
Alasym	80	1	/
Atleam	80	1	/
Aulamm	80	1	/
Aulamn	80	1	/
Aulgam	80	1	/
Aslamd	80	1	/
Aslamh	80	1	/
Aslamt	80	1	/
Ahlamh	80	1	/
Haylam	80	1	/
Hahlam	80	1	/
Aileam	80	1	/
Allaum	80	1	/
Ajlgam	80	1	/
Alamne	80	1	/
Alacim	80	1	/
Athlam	80	1	/
Ayslam	80	1	/
Alyaum	80	1	/
Alathm	80	1	/
Aleame	80	1	/
Alaame	80	1	/
Aahlam	80	1	/
Ahlamn	80	1	/
Aelham	80	1	/
A'Alam	80	1	/
Alasmt	80	1	/
Alatem	80	1	/
Aliahm	80	1	/
Allamg	80	1	/
Allaym	80	1	/
Ailamh	80	1	/
Aylyam	80	1	/
Atlasm	80	1	/
Ealaim	80	0	/
Alom	75	275,954	/
Alan	75	59,408	/
Elam	75	23,956	/
Olam	75	3,269	/
Allaham	73	1,625	/
Acellam	73	1,185	/
Alamova	73	511	/
Allaume	73	317	/
Alhatem	73	264	/
Allaime	73	175	/
Allayme	73	73	/
Alassem	73	58	/
Alhasim	73	31	/
Aliaume	73	30	/
Alausim	73	18	/
Gallyam	73	13	/
Alhatim	73	12	/
Alliame	73	10	/
Aliatim	73	9	/
Agliham	73	7	/
Aahalam	73	6	/
Ahulaam	73	6	/
Ealleam	73	6	/
Alaseem	73	6	/
Alahtem	73	5	/
Galliam	73	4	/
Haislam	73	4	/
Aggilam	73	3	/
Alashym	73	3	/
Gaallam	73	3	/
Hallamn	73	3	/
Hallaum	73	3	/
Aliasim	73	3	/
Allasem	73	3	/
Hailame	73	2	/
Alachim	73	2	/
Hasllam	73	2	/
Alliaum	73	2	/
Alassim	73	2	/
Allamne	73	2	/
Gahalam	73	1	/
Gahlyam	73	1	/
Halasym	73	1	/
Haleame	73	1	/
Hallham	73	1	/
Achhlam	73	1	/
Aalaham	73	1	/
Alleamm	73	1	/
Ahajlam	73	1	/
Alaheem	73	1	/
Alamowa	73	1	/
Heallam	73	1	/
Hallamk	73	1	/
Halaume	73	1	/
Haleamn	73	1	/
Halhamh	73	1	/
Hasliam	73	1	/
Gaillam	73	1	/
Alyamme	73	1	/
Allasim	73	1	/
Allatim	73	1	/
Allaïme	73	1	/
Alleaum	73	1	/
Alhaimm	73	1	/
Aliacim	73	1	/
Aehlaam	73	1	/
Asellam	73	1	/
Allhham	73	1	/
Hallame	73	1	/
Halasim	73	1	/
Ahallam	73	1	/
Alasemh	73	1	/
Alaasmh	73	1	/
Allhame	73	1	/
Alyatym	73	1	/
Hasleam	73	0	/
Haillam	73	0	/
Hallamd	73	0	/
Allhaim	73	0	/
Aslan	67	372,568	/
Galan	67	124,040	/
Allan	67	119,457	/
Alain	67	97,350	/
Alyan	67	53,525	/
Ajlan	67	21,582	/
Alian	67	13,316	/
Alang	67	12,994	/
Algan	67	11,368	/
Golam	67	11,258	/
Atlan	67	5,158	/
Alean	67	4,336	/
Elham	67	4,139	/
Halan	67	3,954	/
Alhan	67	3,454	/
Ahlan	67	2,906	/
Alome	67	2,746	/
Allamova	67	2,573	/
Aland	67	2,567	/
Ellam	67	2,471	/
Alane	67	2,401	/
Aylan	67	2,070	/
Alaan	67	1,790	/
Ailan	67	1,430	/
Halom	67	1,015	/
Halamová	67	906	/
Alliaume	67	846	/
Holam	67	825	/
Eliam	67	825	/
Alomm	67	631	/
Helam	67	364	/
Ağlan	67	336	/
Aloum	67	310	/
Eleam	67	300	/
Allom	67	284	/
Alyateem	67	232	/
Olame	67	208	/
Alyamova	67	127	/
Elaim	67	127	/
Ealom	67	125	/
Eilam	67	123	/
Alant	67	115	/
Aloom	67	113	/
Ollam	67	98	/
Otlam	67	96	/
Aalan	67	94	/
Oslam	67	94	/
Oliam	67	93	/
Alhassim	67	88	/
Galom	67	84	/
Algom	67	79	/
Aliom	67	77	/
Aulan	67	56	/
Alasn	67	52	/
Alaun	67	52	/
Alhachim	67	46	/
Alyom	67	42	/
Algaheim	67	39	/
Achellam	67	34	/
Allassem	67	34	/
Oleam	67	30	/
Alayn	67	30	/
Alann	67	29	/
Halamova	67	28	/
Aliassim	67	25	/
Aslom	67	24	/
Algahaim	67	22	/
Eelam	67	22	/
Aillaume	67	21	/
Aulom	67	19	/
Aloim	67	19	/
Ailom	67	15	/
Alanh	67	15	/
Elamm	67	14	/
Aliamova	67	13	/
Eylam	67	12	/
Elaam	67	12	/
Olham	67	11	/
Alaín	67	11	/
Aalom	67	10	/
Elaym	67	9	/
Oolam	67	8	/
Aleim	67	8	/
Olgam	67	7	/
Alhassem	67	7	/
Alhachem	67	6	/
Oulam	67	6	/
Aelom	67	5	/
Gallaham	67	4	/
Ealan	67	4	/
Alhom	67	4	/
Elamh	67	3	/
Halám	67	3	/
Olaim	67	3	/
Olaum	67	3	/
Aylom	67	3	/
Aleym	67	2	/
Alahn	67	2	/
Olyam	67	2	/
O'Lam	67	2	/
Ohlam	67	2	/
Hallaham	67	1	/
Olamm	67	1	/
Oilam	67	1	/
Elahm	67	1	/
Ehlam	67	1	/
Eulam	67	1	/
Atlom	67	1	/
Uilam	67	1	/
Ailamova	67	1	/
Alyahamd	67	1	/
Aláan	67	1	/
Allamová	67	1	/
Aluom	67	1	/
Alliasim	67	1	/
Alañe	67	1	/
Acelliam	67	1	/
Assellam	67	1	/
Aslám	67	1	/
Allahaim	67	1	/
Alhateem	67	1	/
Haalathm	67	1	/

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Alam Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Alam in the Georgian language
ალამ	alam	-
Alam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻋﻼﻡ	lam	-
Alam in the Tibetan language
ཨ་ལམ་	alam	-
Alam in the Hindi language
आलम	alama	98.91
अलम	alama	0.39
अलाम	alama	0.34
आलाम	alama	0.14
आलम़	alama	0.01
एलम	elama	0.01
ालम	alama	0.01
़आलम	alama	0.01
आलल	alala	0
आलमृ	alamr	0
ऑलम	olama	0
आल्म	alma	0
आलीम	alima	0
अनम	anama	0
ालाम	alama	0
आलत	alata	0
खां	kham	0
॰आलम	alama	0
आलमा	alama	0
आतम	atama	0
आनम	anama	0
आजम	ajama	0
आ़लम	alama	0
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Alam in the Bengali language
আলম	alama	97.61
আলম্	alam	1.06
আলাম	alama	0.8
অলম	alama	0.53
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Alam in the Oriya language
ଆଲମ	alama	45.89
ଆଲାମ	alama	40.86
ଆଲମ୍	alam	6.26
ଆଲାମ୍	alam	4.24
ଅଲାମ	alama	0.67
ଅଲମ	alama	0.57
ଆଳମ	alama	0.45
ଅଲମ୍	alam	0.12
ଖଁା	khama	0.06
ଅଲାମ୍	alam	0.04
ଆଲାମା	alama	0.02
ାଇଁ	a'im	0.02
ଆଲମା	alama	0.02
ଆଳମ୍	alam	0.02
ଅୁଲ	aula	0.02
ଅଲିମ	alima	0.02
ଆେଲ	aela	0.02
ଏଲାମ୍	elam	0.02
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Alam in the Marathi language
आलाम	alama	44.18
आलम	alama	23.52
अलाम	alama	22.89
अलम	alama	7.18
आळाम	alama	0.59
आळम	alama	0.5
आलं	alam	0.42
लम	lama	0.17
अळाम	alama	0.05
ालम	alama	0.02
अळम	alama	0.02
लाम	lama	0.02
अऴम	alama	0.01
अलमा	alama	0.01
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Alam in the Russian language
Алам	alam	-
Alam in the Arabic language
العّم	alm	-
آلم	alm	-
العلام	allam	-
آلعم	alm	-
الم	alm	-
العام	alam	-
العم	alm	-
آليم	alym	-
الام	alam	-
عالم	alm	-
آلام	alam	-

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