El-Helw Surname

361,170th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,002 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Helw Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El-Helw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt9761:94,1968,120
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England71:7,959,723202,100
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

El-Helw Last Name Facts

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

The last name El-Helw is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of El-Helw click here.

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

This surname is the 361,170th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,273,000 people. The surname El-Helw is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of El-Helw reside; 97 percent reside in North Africa and 97 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

It is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 976 people, or 1 in 94,196. Without taking into account Egypt this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El-Helwe939/
El Helw861,563/
El-Helf861/
El-Hilw861/
El Helwe8012/
El Helwh801/
El Hellw801/
El Helf7111/
El Halw711/
El Khelf671/
El Alw624/
El Hilf5732/
El Khilf539/

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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-Helw
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