Azeem Surname
Approximately 210,440 people bear this surname
Azeem Surname User-submission:
This surname comes from the Arabic word azeem, that means 'great'.
Al Azeem is 'the greatest', which is one attribution of God.
Abdel Azeem means 'slave of the greatest' or 'slave of God'.
Azeem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 173,088 | 1:1,032 | 163 |
| Afghanistan | 11,790 | 1:2,727 | 287 |
| India | 6,087 | 1:126,017 | 8,114 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5,645 | 1:5,466 | 753 |
| Egypt | 2,990 | 1:30,748 | 3,327 |
| Sudan | 2,520 | 1:14,885 | 2,042 |
| Sri Lanka | 2,485 | 1:8,374 | 1,222 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,884 | 1:4,863 | 614 |
| England | 704 | 1:79,145 | 8,846 |
| United States | 543 | 1:667,512 | 53,277 |
| Bangladesh | 541 | 1:294,560 | 8,696 |
| Nigeria | 435 | 1:407,225 | 21,289 |
| Kuwait | 318 | 1:11,952 | 1,632 |
| Qatar | 287 | 1:8,216 | 893 |
| Bahrain | 250 | 1:5,394 | 963 |
| Maldives | 177 | 1:2,283 | 223 |
| Canada | 161 | 1:228,855 | 21,956 |
| Oman | 102 | 1:36,157 | 2,454 |
| Malaysia | 99 | 1:297,921 | 16,312 |
| South Africa | 40 | 1:1,354,443 | 73,245 |
| Guyana | 35 | 1:21,778 | 2,654 |
| Australia | 32 | 1:843,616 | 52,533 |
| Norway | 25 | 1:205,691 | 23,411 |
| Sweden | 23 | 1:428,120 | 30,474 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| New Zealand | 21 | 1:215,634 | 21,249 |
| Thailand | 21 | 1:3,363,731 | 310,277 |
| Scotland | 17 | 1:314,930 | 14,413 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Azeem (115,728) may also be a first name.
Azeem Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname comes from the Arabic word azeem, that means 'great'.
Al Azeem is 'the greatest', which is one attribution of God.
Abdel Azeem means 'slave of the greatest' or 'slave of God'.
- Forebears.io Manual SubmissionsAzeem Demographics
Azeem Political Affiliation
in United States
United States
Average
Azeem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Azeem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Azeem (Hindi: अजीम, Marathi: अज़ीम) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Azeem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,643rd most commonly used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 34,630 people. The last name Azeem is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Azeem reside; 92 percent reside in South Asia and 89 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Azeem is also the 8,910th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 115,728 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Pakistan, where it is held by 173,088 people, or 1 in 1,032. In Pakistan it is most numerous in: Punjab, where 57 percent reside, Sindh, where 20 percent reside and Balochistan, where 10 percent reside. Beside Pakistan this surname occurs in 72 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 6 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.
Azeem Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Azeem last name are 3.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50.59% being registered with the party.
The amount Azeem earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 24.63% less than the national average, earning 260,838 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 39.73% less than the national average, earning R 143,220 per year; in United States they earn 25.38% more than the national average, earning $54,100 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.22% less than the national average, earning $47,588 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Azeem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Azeem in the Marathi language | ||
| अज़ीम | azima | - |
| Azeem in the Hindi language | ||
| अजीम | ajima | 84.39 |
| अज़ीम | azima | 11.78 |
| अज़ीम | azima | 3.83 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Azeem
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis