Alame Surname
Approximately 4,954 people bear this surname
Alame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 3,454 | 1:22,230 | 2,820 |
| India | 573 | 1:1,338,683 | 52,093 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| United States | 108 | 1:3,356,101 | 190,802 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Cameroon | 46 | 1:451,501 | 37,608 |
| Benin | 44 | 1:234,900 | 21,145 |
| Lebanon | 24 | 1:234,878 | 9,056 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Algeria | 7 | 1:5,518,793 | 51,529 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Alamé (4) are calculated separately.
Alame (1,037) may also be a first name.
Alame Demographics
Average Alame Salary in
United States
$61,273 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Alame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alame (Arabic: اليماء, Hindi: आलम, Marathi: आलमे, Oriya: ଆଲେମ) is found in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Alamé. For other possible spellings of Alame click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alame? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 96,030th most common surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,471,043 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Alame are found; 81 percent are found in South Asia and 70 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Alame is also the 249,034th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,037 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Iran, where it is held by 3,454 people, or 1 in 22,230. In Iran Alame is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 22 percent are found, East Azerbaijan Province, where 18 percent are found and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 13 percent are found. Barring Iran this surname is found in 50 countries. It is also found in India, where 12 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 5 percent are found.
Alame Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Alame has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Alame surname rose 5,400 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Alame Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Alame surname are 8.31% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.54% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Alame earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.68% less than the national average, earning 298,725 kr per year; in United States they earn 42% more than the national average, earning $61,273 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8% more than the national average, earning $53,658 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alame in the Hindi language | ||
| आलम | alama | - |
| Alame in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଲେମ | alema | 99.24 |
| ଆଲିମ୍ | alim | 0.25 |
| Alame in the Marathi language | ||
| आलमे | alame | 27.87 |
| अळमे | alame | 24.04 |
| अलामे | alame | 22.4 |
| एलमे | elame | 12.02 |
| अलमे | alame | 4.92 |
| आळमे | alame | 2.19 |
| आलामे | alame | 2.19 |
| अलामेे | alamee | 1.09 |
| हलामी | halami | 1.09 |
| ेाळमे | ealame | 0.55 |
| अलाम | alama | 0.55 |
| Alame in the Arabic language | ||
| اليماء | alyma | - |
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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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- 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 Alame
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