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 last name Aljama (Hindi: अलजमा) occurs more in Saudi Arabia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aljama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 301,076th most common last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 5,774,601 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 64 percent of Aljama reside; 54 percent reside in West Asia and 53 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 18 people.
The surname is most widely held in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 636 people, or 1 in 48,515. Other than Saudi Arabia it occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 32 percent live and The Philippines, where 10 percent live.
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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