El-san Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Palestine
Highest density in:
Palestine

El-san Surname

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

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-san 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
Palestine821:55,4745,380
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El-san Last Name Facts

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

The last name El-san is more frequently found in Palestine than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

It is the 2,047,559th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. The surname El-san occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of El-san reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 98 percent reside in Levant.

El-san is most widespread in Palestine, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 55,474. In Palestine El-san is most prevalent in: Gaza Governorate, where 100 percent live. Besides Palestine this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live and Yemen, where 1 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-Sahn9221/
El-Jan833/
El San833/
El Sahn77378/
El-Zain7715/
El Hsan774/
El-Saym774/
El Samn774/
El Sane772/
El Shan772/
El-Sham771/
El-Zean771/
El Shjan714/
El Shhan714/
El Shaan712/
El Hssan711/
El Shant711/
El Sam678/
El Zan674/
El Shahan672/
El-Hssein671/
El Son671/
El-Zen671/
El-Jam671/
El-Jassin671/
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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-san
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