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
The surname Alham (Hindi: अल्हम, Marathi: आलाम) is most common in Egypt. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alham? popularity and diffusion
Alham is the 263,749th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 4,907,438 people. The surname Alham occurs mostly 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 numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 4,188 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 549 people, or 1 in 167,460. Beside Egypt Alham exists in 33 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 34 percent are found and Iran, where 7 percent are found.
Alham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Alham has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Alham surname rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 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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