El Kaim Surname

874,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

El Kaim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Kaim 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
Algeria2011:192,19723,253
France811:820,03498,127
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
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The alternate forms: El Kaïm (3) are calculated separately.

El Kaim (91) may also be a first name.

El Kaim Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Kaim (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻜﺎﻋﻢ) occurs in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: El Kaïm. For other potential spellings of El Kaim click here.

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

This surname is the 874,560th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 23,584,291 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 68 percent of El Kaim reside; 68 percent reside in North Africa and 68 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 998,282nd most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 91 people.

This last name is most widely held in Algeria, where it is carried by 201 people, or 1 in 192,197. In Algeria El Kaim is primarily concentrated in: Tamanghasset Province, where 99 percent live, Blida Province, where 0 percent live and Saïda Province, where 0 percent live. Aside from Algeria this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in France, where 26 percent live and Morocco, where 3 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 Kaïm953/
El Kaiem93134/
El Kaime9310/
El Kaium931/
El Kaimm931/
El Kam922/
El Kim921/
El Khaiam884/
El Khaime881/
El Hkim8610/
El Qaim869/
El Kasm866/
El-Kaim863/
El Kaam862/
El Kamh861/
El Kaem861/
El Kime861/
El Keim861/
El Kayam805/
El Hkimh804/
El-Kaime804/
El Kayem801/
El Kym771/
El Khayam7513/
El Khatmh759/
El Kheime753/
El Koum7162/
El Qaym714/
El-Kaïm712/
El-Kaam711/
El Khem711/
El-Kime711/
El Qamh711/
El Qiyam67305/
El-Kayem672/
El Kemhe671/
El Chem571/
El-Koum571/
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El Kaim Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Kaim in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻜﺎﻋﻢalkam-

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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 Kaim
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