How rare is the last name Alam?

11,441 people in the United States have the last name Alam, about 1 in 26,125. It ranks #3,060 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

ALAM

#3,060

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,441
About
1 in 26,125
This common or more
52.8%
Who bears it

Of the 11,441 people with the last name Alam, 88.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 6.5% as White and 2.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Alam

#3,058 Brink · 11,444#3,059 Patten · 11,442#3,061 Still · 11,436#3,062 Beverly · 11,435

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alam, most common first.

#9,270 Alamo · 3,370#15,076 Alm · 1,879#17,902 Alan · 1,539#24,565 Allam · 1,060#31,239 Alim · 795#35,521 Alami · 682#40,323 Alem · 586#68,391 Alom · 310

Also a first name

As a first name, Alam ranks #14,263 of 53,615, with 829 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2024, with 32 births. See Alam as a first name

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