El-Shahed Surname

315,757th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Shahed Surname

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

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Shahed 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
Egypt9461:97,1848,316
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

El-Shahed Last Name Facts

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

El-Shahed is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

It is the 315,757th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,134,298 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of El-Shahed are found; 80 percent are found in North Africa and 80 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

The surname El-Shahed is most common in Egypt, where it is held by 946 people, or 1 in 97,184. Besides Egypt this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

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 Shahed892,026/
El-Saheed891/
El-Saed88472/
El-Saeed822,343/
El-Saeid82414/
El-Zahed82248/
El-Sahid8233/
El-Saaed824/
El Shaed824/
El-Saher821/
El Shahid784,214/
El-Sayyed78219/
El-Zaheed784/
El-Sha'er784/
El-Sa'eed784/
El Shahet782/
El-Sayied781/
El Saed75946/
El-Saey751/
El-Sahi751/
El Shaaher741/
El Saeed713,399/
El Zahed71972/
El Saeid71492/
El Saaed71303/
El Saïed711/
El Sahie711/
El Shaegy67815/
El Sayyed67237/
El Shaaer67184/
El Saheeh67184/
El Sha'er67124/
El Saaher6773/
El Sayied679/
El Sahegy671/
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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-Shahed
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