Arabic Surname
Approximately 1,057 people bear this surname
Arabic Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 648 | 1:118,492 | 11,133 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Afghanistan | 149 | 1:215,793 | 3,934 |
| Oman | 9 | 1:409,775 | 5,604 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Arabic (1,239) may also be a first name.
Arabic Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arabic Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Arabic is most common in Iran. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arabic? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 346,158th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 6,894,556 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Arabic reside; 76 percent reside in South Asia and 76 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Arabic is also the 224,526th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,239 people.
This surname is most widespread in Iran, where it is carried by 648 people, or 1 in 118,492. In Iran Arabic is mostly found in: Isfahan Province, where 27 percent live, Tehran Province, where 20 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 14 percent live. Excluding Iran this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 23 percent live and Afghanistan, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabisc | 92 | 3 | / |
| Arabich | 92 | 2 | / |
| Arabiche | 86 | 211 | / |
| Harajbic | 86 | 1 | / |
| Harabicz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Arabis | 83 | 3,745 | / |
| Arabik | 83 | 103 | / |
| Arabiz | 83 | 49 | / |
| Arabig | 83 | 9 | / |
| Arrabis | 77 | 1,903 | / |
| Arabisk | 77 | 214 | / |
| Harabiš | 77 | 159 | / |
| Aravich | 77 | 75 | / |
| Harabis | 77 | 41 | / |
| Arabigh | 77 | 31 | / |
| Garabik | 77 | 7 | / |
| Harabik | 77 | 5 | / |
| Arabäck | 77 | 5 | / |
| Arabish | 77 | 4 | / |
| Arabike | 77 | 3 | / |
| Arrabik | 77 | 2 | / |
| Arabych | 77 | 1 | / |
| Arabeci | 77 | 1 | / |
| Arabais | 77 | 1 | / |
| Arabitz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Arabech | 77 | 1 | / |
| Arabeck | 77 | 1 | / |
| Arabois | 77 | 1 | / |
| Orabich | 77 | 1 | / |
| Asrabik | 77 | 1 | / |
| Harabij | 77 | 1 | / |
| Arobics | 77 | 1 | / |
| Arabeche | 71 | 162 | / |
| Arabhais | 71 | 19 | / |
| Garabecz | 71 | 13 | / |
| Harajbič | 71 | 13 | / |
| Garabits | 71 | 13 | / |
| Harabech | 71 | 11 | / |
| Arabuike | 71 | 7 | / |
| Arabidkh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Harabisz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Araybech | 71 | 1 | / |
| Harabiek | 71 | 0 | / |
| Arabes | 67 | 1,108 | / |
| Oravic | 67 | 32 | / |
| Arobix | 67 | 26 | / |
| Haravitch | 67 | 16 | / |
| Arabez | 67 | 12 | / |
| Arabek | 67 | 7 | / |
| Arabej | 67 | 7 | / |
| Orabis | 67 | 5 | / |
| Arabeg | 67 | 4 | / |
| Arabex | 67 | 4 | / |
| Arabyk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Orabik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arrabeche | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arobis | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Arabic
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