Aljama Surname
Approximately 1,262 people bear this surname
Aljama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 636 | 1:48,515 | 7,156 |
| Spain | 398 | 1:117,467 | 9,206 |
| Philippines | 131 | 1:772,811 | 75,228 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Mexico | 28 | 1:4,433,079 | 27,489 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Aljama (18) may also be a first name.
Aljama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aljama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Aljama (Hindi: अलजमा) is borne by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aljama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 301,076th most widely held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 5,774,601 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 64 percent of Aljama are found; 54 percent are found in West Asia and 53 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Aljama is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring forename internationally, borne by 18 people.
The last name is most numerous in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 636 people, or 1 in 48,515. Other than Saudi Arabia this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 32 percent reside and The Philippines, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aljama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aljama in the Hindi language | ||
| अलजमा | alajama | 87.5 |
| अल्जामा | aljama | 12.5 |
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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 Aljama
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