Abu Rish Surname

448,561st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 759 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Palestine
Highest density in:
Palestine

Abu Rish Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abu Rish Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Palestine4131:11,0142,143
Israel2861:29,9224,271
Iraq261:1,346,98715,017
Jordan161:552,65213,471
Lebanon61:939,51416,645
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Syria31:6,433,67416,197
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Abu Rish Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Abu Rish Come From? nationality or country of origin

Abu Rish is carried by more people in Palestine than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Abu Rish.

How Common Is The Last Name Abu Rish? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 448,561st most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,601,510 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Abu Rish reside; 99 percent reside in West Asia and 61 percent reside in Levant.

It is most numerous in Palestine, where it is carried by 413 people, or 1 in 11,014. In Palestine Abu Rish is mostly found in: Nablus Governorate, where 23 percent reside, Hebron Governorate, where 21 percent reside and Khan Yunis Governorate, where 20 percent reside. Not including Palestine this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 38 percent reside and Iraq, where 3 percent reside.

Abu Rish Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Abu Rish surname is predominantly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Abu Rish
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