Alham Surname
Approximately 1,485 people bear this surname
Alham Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 549 | 1:167,460 | 12,562 |
| Indonesia | 506 | 1:261,362 | 23,685 |
| Iran | 107 | 1:717,594 | 37,363 |
| Malaysia | 82 | 1:359,686 | 19,062 |
| Niger | 67 | 1:286,448 | 8,737 |
| Pakistan | 52 | 1:3,435,459 | 26,277 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| Yemen | 7 | 1:3,775,042 | 17,439 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Alham (4,188) may also be a first name.
Alham Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alham Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alham (Hindi: अल्हम, Marathi: आलाम) occurs in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alham? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 263,749th most prevalent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 4,907,438 people. Alham is mostly found in Asia, where 56 percent of Alham live; 40 percent live in Southeast Asia and 40 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Alham is also the 107,239th most common given name on earth, borne by 4,188 people.
The last name is most common in Egypt, where it is held by 549 people, or 1 in 167,460. Other than Egypt this surname exists in 33 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 34 percent reside and Iran, where 7 percent reside.
Alham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Alham has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Alham last name rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 60 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alham Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alham in the Hindi language | ||
| अल्हम | al'hama | 63.64 |
| अलहम | alahama | 27.27 |
| अल्हाम | al'hama | 9.09 |
| Alham in the Marathi language | ||
| आलाम | alama | 57.14 |
| हाम | hama | 21.43 |
| हम | hama | 14.29 |
| अलहम | alahama | 7.14 |
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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 Alham
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