Al Arab Surname

423,762nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 817 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Al Arab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Arab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia3581:86,18912,374
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
Bahrain1181:11,4292,102
Lebanon331:170,8217,805
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Pakistan251:7,145,75540,003
United Arab Emirates71:1,308,89651,006
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Jordan31:2,947,47921,051
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
England11:55,718,059489,080
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
France11:66,422,722504,397

Al Arab Last Name Facts

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

Al Arab is borne by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Arab? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 423,762nd most prevalent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 8,919,885 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 72 percent of Al Arab are found; 68 percent are found in West Asia and 64 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name Al Arab is most frequently occurring in Saudi Arabia, where it is borne by 358 people, or 1 in 86,189. Barring Saudi Arabia this surname occurs in 22 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 26 percent reside and Bahrain, where 14 percent reside.

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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 Arab
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