Al-Aswad Surname
Approximately 1,603 people bear this surname
Al-Aswad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 1,113 | 1:27,723 | 3,883 |
| Egypt | 366 | 1:251,191 | 17,305 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 1:916,227 | 36,116 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Jordan | 4 | 1:2,210,609 | 20,372 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
Al-Aswad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al-Aswad Come From? nationality or country of origin
Al-Aswad is carried by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Al-Aswad? popularity and diffusion
The surname Al-Aswad is the 247,967th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 4,546,192 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Al-Aswad live; 74 percent live in West Asia and 74 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.
This last name is most frequently used in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 1,113 people, or 1 in 27,723. Other than Saudi Arabia Al-Aswad exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 23 percent live and Qatar, where 2 percent live.
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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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
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