Al-Majeed Surname

22,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23,878 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

Al-Majeed Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Al & Majeed.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al-Majeed Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria19,6141:984121
Jordan1,5801:5,5961,122
Iraq1,0011:34,9871,585
Yemen5571:47,4423,856
United Arab Emirates4761:19,2482,261
Lebanon3591:15,7022,102
Kuwait2311:16,4532,197
Iran321:2,399,45479,639
Tunisia211:29,0774,362
Palestine21:2,274,42417,661
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Al-Majeed (23) may also be a first name.

Al-Majeed Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Al-Majeed Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Al-Majeed is found in Syria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Al-Majeed? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 22,745th most widely held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 305,199 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Al-Majeed live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 94 percent live in Levant. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 23 people.

The surname is most numerous in Syria, where it is held by 19,614 people, or 1 in 984. In Syria Al-Majeed is most prevalent in: Aleppo Governorate, where 31 percent are found, Damascus Governorate, where 28 percent are found and Daraa Governorate, where 17 percent are found. Beside Syria this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 7 percent are found and Iraq, where 4 percent are found.

Al-Majeed Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Al-Majeed surname is primarily Sunni (93%) 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
  • 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Al-Majeed
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