Al Aswad Surname

308,515th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Al Aswad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Aswad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia5171:59,6828,852
Egypt3971:231,57616,276
Bahrain1911:7,0611,301
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United Arab Emirates71:1,308,89651,006
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
France51:13,284,544357,392
Palestine51:909,77015,190
Syria31:6,433,67416,197
England31:18,572,686338,250
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malta11:430,2723,380
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Al Aswad Last Name Facts

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

The last name Al Aswad has its highest incidence in Saudi Arabia. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

This last name is the 308,515th most frequently used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 5,958,746 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 65 percent of Al Aswad are found; 65 percent are found in West Asia and 63 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname Al Aswad is most frequent in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 517 people, or 1 in 59,682. Besides Saudi Arabia it exists in 28 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 32 percent reside and Bahrain, where 16 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Aswaid9412/
Al Aswaad947/
Al Asswad946/
Al Aswwad941/
Al-Aswad881,603/
Al Azwad884/
Al Aswat881/
Al-Asswad8212/
Al Ashwat825/
Al-Aswat7571/
Al Asbat752/
Al-Asuad752/
Al-Asvad751/
Al-Ashwat714/
Al Ashbout561,365/

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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 Aswad
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