Family name العالمي (العالمي 
) , across the world, is a common cognomen. The cognomen العالمي is characteristic of Egypt, where it is quite a common surname, Saudi Arabia, and Libya, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq. Very seldom, العالمي is the forename as well as the last name.