Sher Alam Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Sher Alam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sher Alam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan151:11,909,59253,778
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Sher Alam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sher Alam Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sher Alam is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Sher Alam click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sher Alam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sher Alam is the 4,908,606th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. Sher Alam is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sher Alam reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.

The surname Sher Alam is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 11,909,592. In Pakistan Sher Alam is mostly concentrated in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 47 percent reside, Sindh, where 40 percent reside and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Pakistan this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 6 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 Sher Alam
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