Al Rasheed Surname

20,684th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,432 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Yemen

Al Rasheed Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Rasheed Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan12,4971:14,295958
Yemen10,1851:2,595401
Saudi Arabia3,5381:8,7211,218
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
United Arab Emirates411:223,47015,418
Lebanon191:296,68910,035
Tunisia111:55,5117,191
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
United States81:45,307,367917,113
India71:109,580,769786,157
Iran61:12,797,087199,837
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
England41:13,929,515290,718
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Al Rasheed (18) may also be a first name.

Al Rasheed Last Name Facts

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

Al Rasheed is found most in Pakistan. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

This last name is the 20,684th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 275,709 people. The surname Al Rasheed occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Rasheed live; 52 percent live in West Asia and 52 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Al Rasheed is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 18 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is carried by 12,497 people, or 1 in 14,295. In Pakistan Al Rasheed is most frequent in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 59 percent live, Punjab, where 26 percent live and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Pakistan this surname occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 39 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 13 percent live.

Al Rasheed Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Al Rasheed surname is chiefly Sunni (100%) 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
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