Aljam Surname
Approximately 219 people bear this surname
Aljam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 123 | 1:45,830 | 3,944 |
| Syria | 55 | 1:350,928 | 4,703 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Aljam (44) may also be a first name.
Aljam Demographics
Aljam Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Aljam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aljam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Aljam (Hindi: आलजम) is more commonly found in Lebanon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Aljam.
How Common Is The Last Name Aljam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Aljam is the 1,111,382nd most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 33,276,465 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Aljam live; 86 percent live in West Asia and 84 percent live in Levant. Aljam is also the 1,525,482nd most common first name on earth, held by 44 people.
The surname Aljam is most commonly used in Lebanon, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 45,830. In Lebanon Aljam is mostly concentrated in: North Governorate, where 97 percent are found, Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 2 percent are found and Beirut Governorate, where 1 percent are found. Other than Lebanon this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 25 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.
Aljam Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Sunni (97%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aljam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aljam in the Hindi language | ||
| आलजम | alajama | 40 |
| अल्जाम | aljama | 40 |
| अलजम | alajama | 20 |
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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 Aljam
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