Aljami Surname

303,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,248 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

Aljami Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aljami Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria6011:32,1152,019
Yemen2261:116,9266,538
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
Indonesia691:1,916,655121,671
Jordan631:140,3568,231
Niger141:1,370,85828,349
United States71:51,779,848968,877
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
France11:66,422,722504,397

The alternate forms: Aljamî (1) are calculated separately.

Aljami (42) may also be a first name.

Aljami Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Aljami Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Aljami is borne by more people in Syria than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Aljamî. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Aljami? popularity and diffusion

Aljami is the 303,787th most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 5,839,380 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Aljami are found; 79 percent are found in West Asia and 54 percent are found in Levant. Aljami is also the 1,566,439th most commonly occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 42 people.

Aljami is most commonly occurring in Syria, where it is borne by 601 people, or 1 in 32,115. In Syria it is most common in: Rif Dimashq Governorate, where 97 percent are found and Homs Governorate, where 3 percent are found. Beside Syria this surname is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 18 percent are found and Morocco, where 14 percent are found.

Aljami Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

Aljami earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 85.13% less than the national average, earning $6,417 USD per year.

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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 Aljami
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