Cognomen اليتيم (اليتيم 
) , all over the world, is quite a common last name. The family name اليتيم is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Palestinian Territory, where it is quite a rare surname, Iraq, and Syria. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Iraq, Egypt, and Yemen. Much less frequently, اليتيم is the forename as well as the last name.