Al Sabah Surname
Approximately 11,212 people bear this surname
Al Sabah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwait | 5,987 | 1:635 | 56 |
| Yemen | 1,227 | 1:21,537 | 2,249 |
| Jordan | 1,009 | 1:8,764 | 1,663 |
| Bangladesh | 721 | 1:221,022 | 7,250 |
| United Arab Emirates | 568 | 1:16,131 | 1,951 |
| Pakistan | 452 | 1:395,230 | 7,488 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Palestine | 229 | 1:19,864 | 3,175 |
| Bahrain | 191 | 1:7,061 | 1,301 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Syria | 163 | 1:118,411 | 3,509 |
| Lebanon | 109 | 1:51,716 | 4,233 |
| France | 59 | 1:1,125,809 | 120,603 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Al Sabah (78) may also be a first name.
Al Sabah Demographics
Al Sabah Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Al Sabah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Sabah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Al Sabah is found in Kuwait more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Sabah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 46,246th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 649,977 people. The surname Al Sabah is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Al Sabah are found; 87 percent are found in West Asia and 73 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Al Sabah is also the 1,091,646th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 78 people.
Al Sabah is most commonly occurring in Kuwait, where it is borne by 5,987 people, or 1 in 635. Beside Kuwait Al Sabah occurs in 27 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 11 percent are found and Jordan, where 9 percent are found.
Al Sabah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Sunni (51%) 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 Sabah
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