Alijeva

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Alijeva is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Azerbaijan than in any other country, where it is the 2nd most common surname.

rarermore common
  • AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 98as Aliyeva(inferred from the name graph)
  • GEGeorgia1 in 418as ალიევა
  • KGKyrgyzstan≈1 in 559as Alieva

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Alijeva itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Azerbaijan (inferred from the name graph)

≈100,000 named Aliyeva, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
161 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 98 (inferred from the name graph)

Azerbaijan, est., as Aliyeva

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

АлиеваCyrillic(measured from records)
AliyevaLatin(measured from records)
ალიევაGeorgian(measured from records)

4 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Алиева in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, KG Kyrgyzstan and 2 more, Aliyeva in AZ Azerbaijan and Alieva in GE Georgia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Alijeva counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Alijeva is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AZ Azerbaijan#2≈100,000 est.≈1 in 98—Aliyeva89
RU Russia#200≈80,000 est.≈1 in 1.8K—Алиева161
UZ Uzbekistan#309≈36,000 est.≈1 in 848—Алиева20
KZ Kazakhstan#23≈17,000 est.≈1 in 1.1K1Алиева45
KG Kyrgyzstan#6≈11,000 est.≈1 in 559—Алиева23
GE Georgia#1809,571as ალიევა1 in 4189.6KAlieva23
TJ Tajikistan#109≈9,200 est.≈1 in 966—Алиева9

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Bureau of National Statistics — birth registrations; Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Alijeva is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Netherlands

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Älijeva

  • Latvian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Lithuania, Latvia

    Languages: Latvian, Lithuanian

    Also written Aļijeva

  • Croatian name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Aļijeva

17 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Dilara Aliyeva, b. 1929Fazu Aliyeva, b. 1932Mehriban Alieva, b. 1964Olesya Aliyeva, b. 1977Sabina Aliyeva, b. 1980Leyla Əliyeva, b. 1985Marina Alieva, b. 1985Arzu Alieva, b. 1989Odina Aliyeva, b. 1990Maliak Alieva, b. 1995
  • Dilara Aliyevab. 1929AZAzerbaijani philologist, translator and Women's rights activist and Member of Supreme Council of Azerbaijan in 1990–1991
  • Fazu Aliyevab. 1932RURussian poet (1932–2016)
  • Mehriban Alievab. 1964AZnot in their usual nameAzerbaijani physician and politician; wife of Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliev, Vice President of Azerbaijan and Head of Heydar Aliev Foundation (born 1964)
  • Olesya Aliyevab. 1977RURussian alpine skier
  • Sabina Aliyevab. 1980AZAzerbaijani civil servant
  • Leyla Əliyevab. 1985AZnot in their usual nameAzerbaijani journalist
  • Marina Alievab. 1985RUnot in their usual nameRussian model, singer and actor
  • Arzu Alievab. 1989AZnot in their usual nameAzerbaijani director and filmmaker
  • Odina Aliyevab. 1990UZAzerbaijani volleyball player
  • Maliak Alievab. 1995RUnot in their usual nameRussian para table tennis player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 5 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Alijeva have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 104 thousand people named Aliyeva in Azerbaijan, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Alijeva?
In Georgia, the national register counted 9,571 people named ალიევა, about 1 in 418 residents.
How common is Alijeva compared with other names?
In Azerbaijan, Alijeva is the 2nd most common surname of 41,501 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Alijeva” — the 2nd most common surname in Azerbaijan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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