El-Tom Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sudan
Highest density in:
Sudan

El-Tom Surname

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

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Tom 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
Sudan251:1,500,4083,610
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

El-Tom Last Name Facts

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

El-Tom is held by more people in Sudan than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

This last name is the 3,798,600th most common last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname El-Tom is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of El-Tom are found; 93 percent are found in North Africa and 93 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

El-Tom is most widespread in Sudan, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 1,500,408. Excluding Sudan El-Tom is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 4 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-Toum9217/
El Tom832,270/
El Toum772,531/
El Tum67214/
El Tam672/
El Tamm6213/
El Tumh629/
El Tahm626/
El-Taan624/
El Htam624/
El Taam621/
El Tamh621/
El-Tahan571,183/
El-Tahaan534/
El Tan505/
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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-Tom
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