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) occurs more in Lebanon more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aljam? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,111,382nd most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 33,276,465 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Aljam are found; 86 percent are found in West Asia and 84 percent are found in Levant. Aljam is also the 1,525,482nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 44 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Lebanon, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 45,830. In Lebanon Aljam is mostly concentrated in: North Governorate, where 97 percent live, Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 2 percent live and Beirut Governorate, where 1 percent live. Beside Lebanon it occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Syria, where 25 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.
Aljam Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname 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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