El-Hamed Surname

874,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Hamed Surname

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

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Hamed 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
Egypt3051:301,42919,796
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

El-Hamed Last Name Facts

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

El-Hamed (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺎﻣﺪ) is held by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

This surname is the 874,560th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 23,584,291 people. The surname El-Hamed is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of El-Hamed are found; 99 percent are found in North Africa and 99 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

El-Hamed is most widespread in Egypt, where it is carried by 305 people, or 1 in 301,429. Besides Egypt El-Hamed is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

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-Hameed94153/
El-Hamied941/
El Hamed881,323/
El-Hamid88535/
El-Ahmed8834/
El-Hames881/
El Hameed827,211/
El Hameid82129/
El-Haimer827/
El Ahamed823/
El Haimed823/
El Haymed821/
El Hammed821/
El Hamied821/
El Amed80153/
El-Amer8011/
El-Hami805/
El Hame802/
El Hamid751,085/
El-Khamy75246/
El Hamer75223/
El Ahmed75175/
El-Chami75157/
El Gamed75115/
El Hemed7537/
El Hamey7531/
El Homed7514/
El-Ameer7510/
El-Ahmer7510/
El-Hammi758/
El Jamed754/
El-Chamy752/
El-Asmer752/
El Hamet751/
El-Ahmet751/
El Haimer713,014/
El Ame71234/
El Hamess71221/
El Haymer71158/
El Hemmed7143/
El Haïmer7136/
El Hamees7136/
El Houmed7132/
El-Chamaa716/
El-Chamma716/
El-Ama716/
El Hammes714/
El Hemeid712/
El-Khammy711/
El-Heimer711/
El Hamegy711/
El Khamea711/
El Hammer711/
El Khaime711/
El Amid671,037/
El Hami67941/
El Amer67698/
El Hamy67186/
El Hama6726/
El Hoummed6715/
El Amme6714/
El-Asmi6710/
El Aime678/
El Amey672/
El-Ajmy672/
El-Jami671/
El-Aama671/
El Houmeid671/
El Chamess671/
El Chamieh671/
El-Ajmi671/
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El-Hamed Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El-Hamed in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺤﺎﻣﺪalhamd-

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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 El-Hamed
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