El-Samawi Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

El-Samawi Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Samawi 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
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

El-Samawi Last Name Facts

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

The last name El-Samawi is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The surname El-Samawi is the 7,117,718th most numerous family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of El-Samawi live; 71 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Michigan, where 60 percent live and New York, where 40 percent live. Not including The United States it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 14 percent live and Scotland, where 14 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 Samawi893/
El Sahmawi84366/
El Samawy78211/
El Samawe784/
El Samhawy741/
El Sammawy741/
El Sehmawi741/
El-Sehmawy741/
El Shahmawy704/
El Samaweed702/
El Shaimawy701/
El Shomawy63216/
El Sehmawy639/
El Shhamaby601/
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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-Samawi
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