Surname Alam (Alam 
, عالم 
, আলম , among others...) , across the world, is a prevalent cognomen. The last name Alam is habitual in Bangladesh, where it is a widespread surname, Qatar, and Oman (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Southern Asia, particularly India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Much less frequently, Alam is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Alam | Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia |
| عالم | Iran |
| আলম | Bangladesh |
| Алам | Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Russia |
| アラム | Japan |
Ala, Alàm, Alám, Alâm, Alãm, Alăm, Aĺam, Aĺàm, Aĺãm, Pakialam, Àlam, Àlàm, Àlám, Àlâm, Àĺàm, Álam, Álàm, Álám, Álãm, Áĺám, Âlàm, Âlâm, Âlãm, Âĺâm, Ãlam, Ãlám, Ãlâm, Ãlãm, Ãĺãm, Ălam, Аьлам, אלאם, עלאם, آلآم, آلأم, آلام, آﻵ, ألآم, ألأم, ألام, أﻷ, أﻻ, الآم, الأم, الام, الىم, الٱم, الٲم, اﻵ, اﻷ, اﻹ, اﻻ, ةﻻ, علام, ىﻻ, ٱلأم, आलम, আলাম, อลาม, อะลัม, အလမ္း, အလ့မ္း, အလ့မ်း, ﺃﻷ, ﺇﻝﺍﻡ, ﺇﻻ, ﺍﻷ, and ﺍﻻ
| alam al-malika politician (b. 1150) |
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| sunan nata alam (b. 1727) |
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| sultan muhammad kanzul alam Sultan of Brunei, BN (b. 1750) |
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| sultan muhammad alam Sultan of Brunei, BN (b. 1784) |
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| ismail alam Urdu poet (b. 1868) |
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ghulam dastagir alam physicist, PK (b. 1933) |
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| alexander alam Australian politician, businessman and philanthropist, of Lebanese descent, AU (b. 1896) |
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dipo alam Indonesian politician, ID (b. 1949) |
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| alam muzaffarnagari Scholar and writer, IN (b. 1901) |
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mohammad shah alam Bangladeshi academic and lawyer (1951–2020) (b. 1951) |
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sjamsu alam ID (b. 1942) |
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| gurdas ram alam Poet, IN (b. 1912) |
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hasan b. alam American surgeon (b. 1966) |
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nur alam governor of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, ID (b. 1967) |
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| pengiran anak haji mohamed alam Bruneian politician, BN (b. 1918) |
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