El Alim Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Alim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Alim 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
Mauritania151:272,99112,403
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

El Alim Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Alim (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﺎﻟﻢ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

El Alim is the 3,882,373rd most frequently occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name El Alim occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Alim are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.

The surname El Alim is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 272,991. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Adrar Region, where 27 percent live, Assaba Region, where 13 percent live and Brakna Region, where 13 percent live. Outside of Mauritania El Alim is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 35 percent live and Morocco, where 4 percent live.

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 Halim937,902/
El Aalim93206/
El Aleim935/
El Alime933/
El Alem862,944/
El-Alim861/
El-Halim80249/
El Halem80214/
El Aleem80123/
El Aleme807/
El Allem806/
El Aalem805/
El Helim802/
El Alien802/
El Halym801/
El Haleem751/
El-Alem71216/
El Elem716/
El-Aleem671/
El-Eliem671/
El-Haleem632/
El Goulem631/
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El Alim Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Alim in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻌﺎﻟﻢalalm-

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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 El Alim
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