El-Tahir Surname
Approximately 2,731 people bear this surname
El-Tahir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 2,520 | 1:14,885 | 2,042 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
El-Tahir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El-Tahir Come From? nationality or country of origin
El-Tahir occurs most in Sudan. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name El-Tahir? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 159,743rd most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 2,668,453 people. The surname El-Tahir is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of El-Tahir live; 92 percent live in North Africa and 92 percent live in Arabic North Africa.
El-Tahir is most frequently occurring in Sudan, where it is carried by 2,520 people, or 1 in 14,885. Without taking into account Sudan this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 7 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.
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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
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