Al-Zayt Surname

43,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,009 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

Al-Zayt Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Al.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al-Zayt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria11,2151:1,721219
Jordan7851:11,2642,016
Lebanon61:939,51416,645
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Al-Zayt (538) may also be a first name.

Al-Zayt Last Name Facts

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

The last name Al-Zayt is held by more people in Syria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

The last name is the 43,340th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 606,840 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al-Zayt reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 100 percent reside in Levant. Al-Zayt is also the 363,474th most prevalent given name on earth, held by 538 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Syria, where it is borne by 11,215 people, or 1 in 1,721. In Syria Al-Zayt is most frequent in: Rif Dimashq Governorate, where 100 percent live and Homs Governorate, where 0 percent live. Outside of Syria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 7 percent live and Lebanon, where 0 percent live.

Al-Zayt Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Sunni (75%) 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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-Zayt
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