El Alami Surname

12,078th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46,511 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Alami Surname User-submission:

The surname El Alami meanes 'the famous one'.

El Alami Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco36,1591:95331
Egypt8,6951:10,5731,267
Spain7221:64,7545,838
France4211:157,77424,492
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Belgium1471:78,20812,357
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
England321:1,741,18971,393
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Equatorial Guinea41:283,918487
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

El Alami (2,585) may also be a first name.

El Alami Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname El Alami meanes 'the famous one'.

- midodija

El Alami Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Alami (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﻠﻤﻲ) is borne by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of El Alami click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Alami? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 12,078th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 156,684 people. El Alami occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of El Alami live; 96 percent live in North Africa and 78 percent live in Mahgreb. El Alami is also the 144,694th most numerous given name at a global level. It is borne by 2,585 people.

It is most commonly used in Morocco, where it is carried by 36,159 people, or 1 in 953. Apart from Morocco it occurs in 31 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 19 percent are found and Spain, where 2 percent are found.

El Alami Last Name Statistics demography

El Alami earn significantly less than the average income. In Canada they earn 34.18% less than the national average, earning $32,699 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

El Alami Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Alami in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻌﻠﻤﻲallmy-

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