The Alem surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 343 people carried this name — #59,017 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 50% from 228 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,155 people named Alem live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 233 people named Alem.
82 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Gers.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
203 people named Alem live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 47 people named Alem live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
191 people named Alem is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Alem.
- Alcover 176 · U.S. census
- Aldeguer 148 · U.S. census
- Alder 3,885 · U.S. census
- Aledo 138 · U.S. census
- Alegre 2,022 · U.S. census
- Aleksic 255 · U.S. census
- Aleman 22,927 · U.S. census
- Alemany 612 · U.S. census
- Aleo 314 · U.S. census
- Ales 623 · U.S. census
- Alesi 796 · U.S. census
- Alessandra 314 · U.S. census
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