Alimi surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Alimi surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 272 people carried this name — #67,725 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

785 people named Alimi live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 221
Basel-Landschaft 72
Solothurn 69
St. Gallen 68
Aargau 55
Thurgau 54
Bern 46
Basel-Stadt 44

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 165 people named Alimi.

Most of them — 108 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 108
Seine-Saint-Denis 25
Bouches-du-Rhône 7
Loire 6
Paris 5
Yvelines 3
Gironde 3
Dordogne 1
Orne 1

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 113 people named Alimi 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Antwerp 37
Namur 26
Brussels-Capital 14
West Flanders 14
Luxembourg Province 10
Liège 7
East Flanders 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

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