The Alia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 397 people carried this name — #52,267 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is down 17% from 480 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 259 people named Alia 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 72 people named Alia.
Most of them — 39 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Hérault.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 27 people named Alia 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
29 people named Alia 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).
In print
Alia in American newspapers,
1885–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 400,841 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Alia.
- 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
- Ali 60,002 · 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
- Alimi 403 · U.S. census
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