El-Ajou Surname

718,674th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 406 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

El-Ajou Surname User-submission:

The surname El-Ajou العجو probably originates from an Arabic root word meaning 'date paste'. Most likely, the progenitor of the surname made or sold this product. There is a variety of black date that is called ajou as well, and ajou is also a little-used word for an old man.

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El-Ajou Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia3981:77,52710,981
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

El-Ajou Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname El-Ajou العجو probably originates from an Arabic root word meaning 'date paste'. Most likely, the progenitor of the surname made or sold this product. There is a variety of black date that is called ajou as well, and ajou is also a little-used word for an old man.

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El-Ajou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Ajou Come From? nationality or country of origin

El-Ajou is carried by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Ajou? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 718,674th most common surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 17,949,620 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of El-Ajou live; 98 percent live in West Asia and 98 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

El-Ajou is most frequently used in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 398 people, or 1 in 77,527. Other than Saudi Arabia El-Ajou exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El-Ajouz9325/
El Ajou86977/
El-Hajhouj821/
El Ajouz8022/
El-Ayoud804/
El-Haj773,630/
El Ajo7734/
El-Oud7710/
El-Aji777/
El Hajouy757/
El Ajuz714,729/
El Hajouji71997/
El-Hajj71883/
El Hajhouj71759/
El-Hout71244/
El Hajioui71171/
El-Haji71150/
El-Haje7113/
El-Haaj712/
El-Heou711/
El-Gaji711/
El Hajouui711/
El Hajjouji671,265/
El Azouz67122/
El Hajuj6734/
El Hajui6733/
El Azouh6720/
El-Hajje6713/
El-Ajaji6711/
El Aoued679/
El Ou679/
El Ayoud678/
El-Hadja673/
El Ayouh672/
El Aj672/
El Ayout671/
El Asous671/
El Aiouj671/
El Hajhouji671/
El-Haija671/
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