Alani is used as a family name or surname in Nigeria. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Alani
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Nigeria
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Alani

How popular is Alani?

Alani is common in Nigeria.

Alani is ranked 5021 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Alanis grew by 67.70834 per cent to 483 since 2000 and ranked 44500 after elevating 20072 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 68.53 62.85
Others 13.66 12.5
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 11.39 21.18
Hispanic or Latino 4.97 1.74
Alani is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Iraq which signifies that it is originated from Iraq. Around 108834 people have been found who wears Alani as their family name. Alani is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
3,712 Iceland10
100,092 Spain9
14,580 Iran5
26,825 Georgia5
22,232 Morocco3
23,165 Romania3
1,718 Yemen3
6,462 Ivory Coast2
35,969 Denmark2
6,103 Cyprus2
50,640 Switzerland2
4,104 South Korea2
9,185 Hong Kong2
1,834 Malta2
44,018 Poland2
20,595 China2
34,572 Israel2
2,835 Libya2
7,191 Afghanistan1
25,746 Finland1
107,212 South Africa1
6,033 Benin1
29,046 Japan1
10,958 Bangladesh1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
2,578 Guam1
56,169 Mexico1
17,768 Pakistan1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
16,283 Lithuania1
14,644 Tunisia1
3,350 Fiji1
28,746 Algeria1
12,270 Lebanon1
18,969 Wales1
5,916 Mozambique1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
15,525 Norway46
95,259 Italy45
55,986 Australia33
43,662 Belgium30
17,920 New Zealand28
130,701 Ukraine28
9,692 Ireland27
14,963 Scotland26
2,862 Costa Rica25
297,046 Russia25
62,494 Netherlands22
62,309 Zimbabwe13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,704 Sweden73
5,314 Kuwait70
Countries with hundreds of Alani:
38,360 India879
7,880 Egypt715
1,590 United Arab Emirates665
11,706 England527
53,921 United States485
1,232 Oman433
17,557 Turkey349
38,477 Germany269
7,689 Malaysia253
720 Bahrain220
19,436 Tanzania219
53,810 France184
50,777 Indonesia182
56,243 Brazil175
15,938 Greece123
28,123 Canada121
40,399 Argentina119
2,299 Qatar107
Countries with thousands of Alani:
675 Syria4,703
2,362 Uganda2,427
691 Jordan1,480
3,372 Saudi Arabia1,039
Countries with ten thousands of Alani:
33 Iraq80,517
2,080 Nigeria12,074
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Alani Namesakes

  • Martín Alaníz, Soccer player
  • Anaheed Alani, Writer
  • Sam Alani, Film producer
  • Vaja Alani, Film actress
  • Rhoda Myra Alani, Dermatologist
  • Hazem Alani, Film Score Composer
  • Maria of Alania, Princess
  • Borena of Alania, Bagrat IV of Georgia's wife
  • Alda of Alania, George I of Georgia's wife
  • Burdukhan of Alania, Tamar of Georgia's mother

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