Arabs Surname

27,663rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,439 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Arabs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arabs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt11,3791:8,079987
Iran7,1941:10,6731,422
Lebanon7601:7,4171,185
Nigeria811:2,186,94874,923
Jordan91:982,49316,126
Palestine81:568,60613,348
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Arabs (494) may also be a first name.

Arabs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Arabs (Arabic: عرابس) is most common in Egypt. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Arabs? popularity and diffusion

It is the 27,663rd most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 374,893 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 59 percent of Arabs are found; 59 percent are found in North Africa and 59 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Arabs is also the 381,888th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 494 people.

The surname is most widely held in Egypt, where it is borne by 11,379 people, or 1 in 8,079. Excluding Egypt Arabs occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 37 percent live and Lebanon, where 4 percent live.

Arabs Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arabsh911/
Arrabs911/
Arab89256,109/
Aarab8022,929/
Garab805,095/
Arhab804,321/
Harab803,470/
Ajrab80854/
Arrab80738/
Argab80383/
Araib80279/
Asrab80109/
Arabh8055/
Araps8028/
Ahrab8024/
Araub8023/
Airab8014/
Arzab8012/
Araab8012/
Arabd809/
Arasp807/
Arebs807/
Aravs806/
Arabj806/
Aurab806/
Atrab804/
Areab803/
Aârab803/
Arahb803/
Arabz802/
Arabt802/
Arabc801/
Arayb801/
Ayrab801/
Harrab73617/
Gaurab73514/
Garrab73504/
Harabh73460/
Arahab73163/
Garabh7375/
Gargab7363/
Airabh7357/
Hasrab7310/
Gaarab739/
Arraub739/
Gairab735/
Haraib733/
Garaub733/
Garaib733/
Garaab732/
Araspe731/
Gareab731/
Ayrayb731/
Garhab731/
Harhab731/
Arabht731/
Aurabh731/
Auraib731/
Arzaib731/
Hargab731/
Aharab731/
Aargab731/
Haurab731/
Ahrafs731/
Hareab731/
Arabova674,967/
Arap674,379/
Arob67773/
Harahab67466/
Arav67394/
Orab67238/
Gaurabh67134/
Arabová672/
Gahrrab671/
Aairaub671/
Gairabh671/

Arabs Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Arabs in the Arabic language
عرابسrabs-
العربسalrbs-
عرباrba-
العربalrb-
عربrb-

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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 Arabs
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