Alli
surname · Latin script
Meaning: long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈæɫi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Alli is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country. In Guyana it is the 29th most common surname.
- GYGuyana1 in 447(measured from records)
- TZTanzania≈1 in 2.7K
- NGNigeria≈1 in 4.2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 335 (measured from records)
- 1 in 447 (inferred from the name graph)
≈51,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Guyana
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Alli 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | #464 | ≈51,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.2K | — | Alli | 86 |
| TZ Tanzania | #583 | ≈22,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | — | Alli | 20 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Alli | 46 |
| US United States | — | 1,931 | 1 in 172K | 4.6K | Alli | 335 |
| GY Guyana | #29 | 1,679 | 1 in 447 | 1.7K | Alli | 12 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Alli | 23 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Alli is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In se, second-person dual imperative of ii
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, genitive singular of allium
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Welsh, soft mutation of galli
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, misspelling of allí
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In liv, underside
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ambrose Allib. 1929NGMedical professor
- Juan Cruz Allib. 1942ESSpanish professor and politician
- Chris Allib. 1944NGmilitary governor of Plateau State, Nigeria
- Paolo Allib. 1950ITItalian politician
- Antero Allib. 1952FIFinnish writer and film director
- Yusuf Allib. 1960NGNigerian long jumper
- Waheed Allib. 1964GBBritish media entrepreneur and politician (born 1964)
- Dele Allib. 1996GBEnglish association football player
- Sunny AlliNGNigerian actor
- Victor AlliGBBritish actor
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 63 sources across 33 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.2K | #13,093 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.9K | #15,236 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 1.7K | #40 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.5K | #17,001 |
Reference works 7
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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
- How do you pronounce Alli?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈæɫi/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Alli mean, and where does it come from?
- long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Alli have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 51 thousand people named Alli in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled alli.
- Where is Alli most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Alli is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 447 people — even though Nigeria holds more of our records for it.
- What are other forms of the name Alli?
- In the etymology graph, Addy, Aleid and Heida are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Alli?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,931 people named Alli in 2010, about 1 in 172 thousand residents.
- How common is Alli compared with other names?
- In Nigeria, Alli is the 464th most common surname of 346,007 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, “Alli” — the 464th most common surname in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.