El-Aswad Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Aswad Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El & Aswad.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Aswad 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
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El-Aswad Last Name Facts

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

The last name El-Aswad occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

The last name is the 1,369,340th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of El-Aswad live; 95 percent live in North Africa and 95 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Apart from Egypt it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El-Awad93200/
El Aswad8812,919/
El-Gawad88216/
El-Awwad888/
El-Awa86186/
El-Ashwah82184/
El-Hashwa824/
El Asswad821/
El Awad802,952/
El-Hawa807/
El-Abad801/
El Awaad75126/
El Asuad75122/
El Awwad7522/
El-Hawat756/
El Ajwad755/
El Oswad754/
El Awadh754/
El Eswad751/
El Aawad751/
El Ashwah71306/
El Awa71223/
El-Achwah7110/
El Ashwai714/
El-Hawwat713/
El Assuad711/
El Hawa673,341/
El Asba67204/
El Abad67189/
El Ajwa6786/
El Azwa675/
El Awaj673/
El Awwa671/
El Aiwa671/
El Gawa671/
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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 El-Aswad
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