Al Saheb Surname

200,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,079 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Jordan

Al Saheb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Saheb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jordan1,2541:7,0511,386
Iraq6501:53,8792,073
Palestine721:63,1785,731
Lebanon401:140,9277,127
Iran321:2,399,45479,639
Yemen211:1,258,34711,865
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Al Saheb (14) may also be a first name.

Al Saheb Last Name Facts

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

The last name Al Saheb is held by more people in Jordan than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

This surname is the 200,668th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,505,313 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Saheb reside; 98 percent reside in West Asia and 97 percent reside in Levant. Al Saheb is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 14 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Jordan, where it is borne by 1,254 people, or 1 in 7,051. In Jordan Al Saheb is mostly found in: Amman Governorate, where 65 percent are found, Irbid Governorate, where 35 percent are found and Jerash Governorate, where 0 percent are found. Beside Jordan this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 31 percent are found and Palestine, where 3 percent are found.

Al Saheb Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Al Saheb last name is principally Sunni (80%) 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
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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 Saheb
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