Surname عالی (Ali 
, عالی 
) , across the world, is a prevalent cognomen. The cognomen عالی is habitual in Pakistan, where it is a prevalent surname, Bahrain, and United Arab Emirates (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Pakistan, India, and Egypt. Much less frequently, عالی is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Ali | Egypt, Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia, Turkey |
| عالی | Afghanistan, Iran |
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احمد عالی Iranian photographer and artist, IR (b. 1935) |
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| جمیل الدین عالی writer, scholar, Urdu poet from Pakistan (1926-2015), PK (b. 1926) |
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| جلیل عالی Pakistani Urdu language poet, PK (b. 1945) |
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| ابوالفضل عالی IR (b. 1955) |
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| میترا عالی IR |
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| شیخ حسن عالی IR |
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