El-Obeid Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kuwait
Highest density in:
Kuwait

El-Obeid Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Obeid 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
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El-Obeid Last Name Facts

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

El-Obeid has its highest incidence in Kuwait. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of El-Obeid click here.

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

This last name is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 42 percent of El-Obeid are found; 42 percent are found in West Asia and 37 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname is most widely held in Kuwait, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 950,174. Aside from Kuwait this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Sudan, where 21 percent live and Sweden, where 16 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 Obeid8832/
El-Obied889/
El Oubeid8211/
El-Abed80453/
El-Abid8012/
El-Oved801/
El Abeid7591/
El Obied759/
El Obaid755/
El-Houbi754/
El-Ubeyd751/
El Ebeid751/
El-Abeïd751/
El Obayid71204/
El Hobeij711/
El Obi711/
El-Abi711/
El Abed6718,863/
El Abid673,007/
El Osbi679/
El-Gabi675/
El-Habi673/
El-Atbi672/
El Ebed671/
El-Abad671/
El Gobi671/
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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-Obeid
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