Al Hamdan Surname

36,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,588 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Al Hamdan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Hamdan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria6,0661:3,182378
Jordan3,2531:2,718545
Saudi Arabia2,6631:11,5871,602
Kuwait2,1021:1,808216
Lebanon2801:20,1322,451
United Arab Emirates891:102,9478,862
Palestine681:66,8955,863
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Oman101:368,7975,193
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Djibouti41:228,733966
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

Al Hamdan Last Name Facts

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

Al Hamdan is borne by more people in Syria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

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

The surname Al Hamdan is the 36,171st most frequent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 499,558 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Hamdan reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 66 percent reside in Levant.

The surname is most common in Syria, where it is held by 6,066 people, or 1 in 3,182. In Syria it is primarily concentrated in: Aleppo Governorate, where 80 percent live, Homs Governorate, where 20 percent live and Hama Governorate, where 0 percent live. Outside of Syria it occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 22 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 18 percent live.

Al Hamdan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Al Hamdan surname is chiefly Sunni (88%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Hamdane956/
Al Amdan941/
Al-Hamdan893,816/
Al-Hammdan841/
Al Jandan782/
Al Gandan781/
Al-Jandan674/
Al Gondan671/
Al Goindan631/
Al Andong561/

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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 Hamdan
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