Allah Surname
Approximately 3,106,114 people bear this surname
Allah Surname User-submission:
An Arabic surname, from the Islamic god, Allah.
Allah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 2,379,188 | 1:75 | 11 |
| Syria | 180,591 | 1:107 | 15 |
| Afghanistan | 114,832 | 1:280 | 33 |
| Jordan | 81,030 | 1:109 | 1 |
| Iran | 74,158 | 1:1,035 | 129 |
| United Arab Emirates | 50,961 | 1:180 | 13 |
| Lebanon | 50,255 | 1:112 | 2 |
| Yemen | 45,367 | 1:582 | 75 |
| Sudan | 41,440 | 1:905 | 111 |
| Egypt | 32,033 | 1:2,870 | 401 |
| Iraq | 23,721 | 1:1,476 | 204 |
| Kuwait | 13,122 | 1:290 | 20 |
| Ivory Coast | 3,330 | 1:6,928 | 612 |
| Mauritania | 2,922 | 1:1,401 | 177 |
| Oman | 1,902 | 1:1,939 | 282 |
| Tunisia | 1,284 | 1:476 | 9 |
| Chad | 1,252 | 1:10,856 | 1,398 |
| Nigeria | 1,084 | 1:163,416 | 10,221 |
| Cameroon | 1,052 | 1:19,742 | 2,686 |
| India | 1,045 | 1:734,034 | 33,639 |
| Saudi Arabia | 954 | 1:32,344 | 4,580 |
| Morocco | 886 | 1:38,912 | 6,295 |
| United States | 840 | 1:431,499 | 37,217 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Benin | 418 | 1:24,726 | 3,306 |
| Palestine | 282 | 1:16,131 | 2,791 |
| Niger | 264 | 1:72,697 | 3,268 |
| Indonesia | 263 | 1:502,849 | 41,107 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Qatar | 184 | 1:12,815 | 1,406 |
| Philippines | 131 | 1:772,811 | 75,228 |
| South Africa | 105 | 1:515,978 | 41,519 |
| England | 79 | 1:705,292 | 39,851 |
| Malaysia | 72 | 1:409,642 | 21,284 |
| Brazil | 69 | 1:3,102,527 | 89,979 |
| Canada | 47 | 1:783,949 | 61,790 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 28 | 1:48,713 | 4,303 |
| Spain | 28 | 1:1,669,716 | 48,608 |
| Israel | 17 | 1:503,390 | 37,521 |
| Libya | 16 | 1:390,248 | 1,390 |
| Congo | 11 | 1:453,554 | 10,703 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Algeria | 7 | 1:5,518,793 | 51,529 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
The alternate forms: Âllah (1) are calculated separately.
Allah (802,606) may also be a first name.
Allah Surname Meaning
Allah Demographics
Average Male Allah Height
176.01 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Allah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Allah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Allah (Arabic: بالله, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻠﻪ, Hindi: अल्लाह, Marathi: लाह, Oriya: ଅଲାହ) is found most in Pakistan. It can also be found as: Âllah. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Allah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 171st most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,346 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Allah live; 83 percent live in South Asia and 83 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,170th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 802,606 people.
It is the most widely held surname in one country:Jordan, where 3 percent are found. The surname Allah is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is borne by 2,379,188 people, or 1 in 75. In Pakistan Allah is most common in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 50 percent are found, Balochistan, where 21 percent are found and Punjab, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Pakistan it is found in 82 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 6 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 4 percent are found.
Allah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Russia and Shiite (34%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Allah surname are 10.26% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 63.49% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Allah earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 42.67% less than the national average, earning R 136,248 per year; in United States they earn 28.63% less than the national average, earning $30,794 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.08% less than the national average, earning $39,709 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Allah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Allah in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅଲାହ | alaha | - |
| Allah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻠﻪ | allh | 98.15 |
| ﺍﺍﻟﻠﻪ | aallh | 0.13 |
| Allah in the Hindi language | ||
| अल्लाह | allaha | 95.91 |
| अल्ला | alla | 2.42 |
| अल्लह | allaha | 0.65 |
| अल्लाह़ | allaha | 0.09 |
| Allah in the Marathi language | ||
| लाह | laha | 66.67 |
| खलीलाह | khalilaha | 16.67 |
| अलाह | alaha | 16.67 |
| Allah in the Arabic language | ||
| بالله | ballh | - |
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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
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