El Abel Surname

678,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 439 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

El Abel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Abel 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
Yemen2691:98,2355,966
United Arab Emirates1701:53,8965,278

El Abel Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Abel is more commonly found in Yemen than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of El Abel.

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

The last name is the 678,631st most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 16,600,332 people. The last name El Abel is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Abel live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 100 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname is most commonly used in Yemen, where it is carried by 269 people, or 1 in 98,235. In Yemen El Abel is primarily found in: Taiz Governorate, where 97 percent are found and Sana'a Governorate, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Yemen this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 39 percent are found.

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 Habel931/
El Asbl864/
El Abil861/
El Habil801,021/
El Awael8011/
El-Habel801/
El Awil71184/
El Hawl7110/
El Hebil67512/
El Heiwel631/

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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 Abel
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