El-Alem Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El-Alem Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El & Alem.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Alem Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Mauritania261:157,4958,595
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El-Alem Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Alem Come From? nationality or country of origin

El-Alem is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Alem? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,121,821st most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of El-Alem reside; 85 percent reside in North Africa and 85 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Outside of Egypt El-Alem occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 12 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El-Aleem931/
El-Haleem882/
El Alem862,944/
El-Alim861/
El-Halim80249/
El Halem80214/
El Aleem80123/
El Aleme807/
El Allem806/
El Aleim805/
El Aalem805/
El-Eliem801/
El Haleem751/
El Alim7126/
El Elem716/
El Halim677,902/
El Aalim67206/
El Alime673/
El Alien672/
El Halym671/
El Goulem631/
El Helim532/
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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
  • 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 El-Alem
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