Mallam Ali Surname
Approximately 494 people bear this surname
Mallam Ali Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 473 | 1:374,509 | 19,965 |
| Niger | 21 | 1:913,906 | 20,544 |
Mallam Ali Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mallam Ali Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mallam Ali is most common in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mallam Ali? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mallam Ali is the 621,618th most common family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 14,752,117 people. The surname Mallam Ali is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mallam Ali live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Mallam Ali is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 473 people, or 1 in 374,509. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Borno, where 35 percent reside, Yobe, where 33 percent reside and Bauchi, where 9 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Mallam Ali
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