El Abed Surname

28,489th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,863 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Abed Surname User-submission:

The surname El Abed means 'the follower of Allah'.

El Abed Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen6,5981:4,005599
Mauritania4,2441:965128
Jordan2,6621:3,322673
Morocco1,8401:18,7372,884
Syria1,2591:15,3301,209
France3811:174,33827,146
Tunisia3201:1,908206
Algeria2801:137,97018,675
Lebanon2411:23,3902,681
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Palestine1661:27,4033,807
Iraq1001:350,2176,594
United Arab Emirates901:101,8038,801
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
Spain761:615,15828,427
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
Israel121:713,13647,700
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
England11:55,718,059489,080
Congo11:4,989,09634,171

El Abed (216) may also be a first name.

El Abed Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname El Abed means 'the follower of Allah'.

- saracastic

El Abed Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Abed (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﺒﺪ) is more commonly found in Yemen than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Abed? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 28,489th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 386,341 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 61 percent of El Abed live; 61 percent live in West Asia and 37 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. El Abed is also the 614,549th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 216 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Yemen, where it is borne by 6,598 people, or 1 in 4,005. In Yemen El Abed is primarily concentrated in: Hajjah Governorate, where 87 percent reside, Amanat Al Asimah, where 8 percent reside and Sana'a Governorate, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Yemen it occurs in 44 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 22 percent reside and Jordan, where 14 percent reside.

El Abed Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the El Abed last name is primarily Sunni (73%) in Lebanon.

El Abed earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 15.19% less than the national average, earning $42,138 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

El Abed Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Abed in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻌﺒﺪalbd90.92
ﺍﻟﻌﺎﺑﺪalabd8.55
ﺍﻟﻌﺒﻴﺪalbyd0.18

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