The Ali surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 60,002 people carried this name — #559 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,920 people counted. That is up 66% from 36,079 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 6,722 people named Ali 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
3,471 people named Ali live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 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 3,397 people named Ali 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 Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,218 people named Ali.
Most of them — 639 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 54 départements, most often Mayotte.
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 Poland’s population register
244 people named Ali have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,510 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
26,600 people named Ali are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Ali in American newspapers,
1839–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,860,327 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ali,
with a public archive behind them.
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Abdullah Ali 1925–2011 · businessperson -
Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali 1926– · physician -
Amina Belouizdad 1931–2015 · television presenter -
Mir Masoom Ali 1937– · statistician -
Inaam Muhammad Ali 1938– · film director
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 215 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ali.
- Alfaro 35,725 · U.S. census
- Alfieri 2,092 · U.S. census
- Alfonsi 371 · U.S. census
- Alfonso 12,246 · U.S. census
- Alfred 6,490 · U.S. census
- Alger 6,306 · U.S. census
- Alia 397 · U.S. census
- Aliaga 926 · U.S. census
- Alias 323 · U.S. census
- Aliberti 616 · U.S. census
- Alice 382 · U.S. census
- Alie 277 · U.S. census
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