Alg Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Alg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan511:459,7013,496
England261:2,143,00282,017
India81:95,883,173728,828
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

The alternate forms: Älg (1) are calculated separately.

Alg (60) may also be a first name.

Alg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Alg (Hindi: अल्ग, Marathi: अलग, Russian: Алг) has its highest incidence in Taiwan. It may be found in the variant forms: Älg. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Alg? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,795,579th most common family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 64 percent of Alg reside; 49 percent reside in East Asia and 49 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. Alg is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 60 people.

The last name Alg is most frequently used in Taiwan, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 459,701. In Taiwan it is mostly concentrated in: New Taipei City, where 96 percent reside and Taoyuan City, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Taiwan Alg exists in 9 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent reside and India, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Älg891/
Algh86402/
Galg8650/
Halg8614/
Algå867/
Algt864/
Alhg864/
Algc863/
Algs862/
Ealg862/
Algq861/
Algz861/
Alcg861/
Algg861/
Al'g861/
Allg861/
Ahlg861/
Algue75158/
Haelg7569/
Halgh757/
Gallg752/
Alhhg751/
Algqs751/
Hallg751/
Gaulg751/
Hailg751/
Elg672,424/
Alq671,426/
Alx671,075/
Alk671,027/
Halgue67386/
Olg6794/
Alc6783/
Algova679/
Gallgg673/
Algowa672/
Ailegh671/
Alqugs671/
Haslhg671/
Hatleg671/

Alg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Alg in the Hindi language
अल्गalga-
Alg in the Marathi language
अलगalaga-
Alg in the Russian language
Алгalg-

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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 Alg
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