Alice Surname
Approximately 50,267 people bear this surname
Alice Surname Definition:
A common surname in Dunblane and neighborhood in seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (Dunblane). Robert Alice in Edinburgh, 1637 (Edinb. Marr.). Edward Alise in Dumfries, 1657 (Dumfries), Harie Alice, a Perthshire heritor, 1688 (RPC., 3.
Read More About This SurnameAlice Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burundi | 9,870 | 1:993 | 278 |
| Rwanda | 8,682 | 1:1,309 | 311 |
| Chad | 8,473 | 1:1,604 | 303 |
| Nigeria | 3,600 | 1:49,206 | 3,779 |
| Uganda | 3,326 | 1:11,738 | 1,949 |
| Angola | 2,366 | 1:11,407 | 1,401 |
| DR Congo | 1,991 | 1:37,107 | 4,592 |
| Ethiopia | 1,771 | 1:55,080 | 5,737 |
| United States | 1,253 | 1:289,273 | 26,868 |
| Ghana | 1,039 | 1:26,006 | 3,108 |
| Kenya | 834 | 1:55,372 | 5,525 |
| Italy | 790 | 1:77,414 | 13,567 |
| Portugal | 698 | 1:14,926 | 1,138 |
| Brazil | 600 | 1:356,791 | 13,662 |
| Israel | 580 | 1:14,755 | 2,221 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Hong Kong | 365 | 1:20,097 | 446 |
| India | 356 | 1:2,154,678 | 72,239 |
| Argentina | 296 | 1:144,403 | 12,223 |
| France | 279 | 1:238,074 | 36,915 |
| Cameroon | 264 | 1:78,671 | 9,664 |
| Papua New Guinea | 214 | 1:38,101 | 4,596 |
| Haiti | 163 | 1:65,545 | 3,650 |
| Indonesia | 148 | 1:893,576 | 66,999 |
| Australia | 146 | 1:184,902 | 18,557 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Ivory Coast | 128 | 1:180,244 | 7,993 |
| Singapore | 128 | 1:43,029 | 1,626 |
| Solomon Islands | 118 | 1:4,916 | 652 |
| England | 116 | 1:480,328 | 31,110 |
| Zambia | 109 | 1:145,412 | 10,533 |
| Canada | 100 | 1:368,456 | 33,054 |
| Malaysia | 90 | 1:327,714 | 17,651 |
| New Zealand | 77 | 1:58,809 | 9,204 |
| Philippines | 61 | 1:1,659,643 | 109,715 |
| Botswana | 55 | 1:39,762 | 7,636 |
| South Africa | 44 | 1:1,231,311 | 69,478 |
| Thailand | 42 | 1:1,681,865 | 216,672 |
| Mozambique | 36 | 1:757,266 | 1,613 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| China | 28 | 1:48,832,913 | 2,633 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Seychelles | 23 | 1:4,017 | 661 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Austria | 16 | 1:532,215 | 49,801 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 16 | 1:11,089 | 695 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Costa Rica | 14 | 1:341,434 | 3,425 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Vietnam | 11 | 1:8,422,369 | 2,636 |
| Guyana | 10 | 1:76,222 | 5,818 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| Romania | 9 | 1:2,230,874 | 54,437 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Japan | 8 | 1:15,980,537 | 47,042 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1:3,859,560 | 114,807 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 41 | 1:108,046 | 6,702 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 29 | 1:840,530 | 36,623 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:340,292 | 10,329 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 74 | 1:678,631 | 44,191 |
The alternate forms: Aliçe (100), Álice (1) & Alicè (1) are calculated separately.
Alice (2,433,799) may also be a first name.
Alice Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A common surname in Dunblane and neighborhood in seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (Dunblane). Robert Alice in Edinburgh, 1637 (Edinb. Marr.). Edward Alise in Dumfries, 1657 (Dumfries), Harie Alice, a Perthshire heritor, 1688 (RPC., 3. ser. XIII, p. 332). John Alice in Foswell, 1749 (Laing), and Jonet Alice in Hilfoot of Castletoune, parish of Muckart, 1764 (Stirling). This may also be a masculine name."The possibility of appellatives being epicene, that is common to both sexes, is ever present" (Ewen, p. 249).
Alice Demographics
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Alice Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alice Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alice (Arabic: ألس, Hindi: एलिस, Marathi: अलीस, Oriya: ଏଲିସ) occurs more in Burundi more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Aliçe, Álice or Alicè. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alice? popularity and diffusion
The last name Alice is the 11,173rd most common last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 144,977 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Alice live; 49 percent live in East Africa and 39 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 227th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 2,433,799 people.
The last name Alice is most frequently held in Burundi, where it is carried by 9,870 people, or 1 in 993. Not including Burundi Alice is found in 123 countries. It is also common in Rwanda, where 17 percent are found and Chad, where 17 percent are found.
Alice Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Alice has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Alice surname grew 1,693 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 400 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 63 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 73 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Alice Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (80%) in Ireland, Orthodox (70%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Christian (94%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Alice last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered with the political party.
The amount Alice earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 37.66% less than the national average, earning R 148,152 per year; in United States they earn 15.86% less than the national average, earning $36,304 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.09% more than the national average, earning $50,225 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alice Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alice in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏଲିସ | elisa | 71.43 |
| ଆଲି | ali | 7.14 |
| ଏଲିସ୍ | elis | 7.14 |
| ଆଲୀସ୍ | alis | 7.14 |
| ଆଲିସ୍ | alis | 7.14 |
| Alice in the Hindi language | ||
| एलिस | elisa | 64.52 |
| ऐलिस | ailisa | 35.48 |
| Alice in the Marathi language | ||
| अलीस | alisa | 53.45 |
| आलीस | alisa | 20.69 |
| अलीचे | alice | 18.97 |
| अलीसे | alise | 1.72 |
| आलीसे | alise | 1.72 |
| अलीके | alike | 1.72 |
| अिलचे | ailace | 1.72 |
| Alice in the Arabic language | ||
| ألس | als | - |
| آليس | alys | - |
| أليس | alys | - |
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