El Ahmar Surname

42,318th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,322 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El Ahmar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Ahmar 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
Yemen5,6171:4,705680
Lebanon2,4631:2,289432
Syria1,5191:12,7061,055
Morocco1,3971:24,6793,885
Algeria5921:65,25610,714
Egypt2441:376,78623,402
Tunisia1071:5,707913
Palestine931:48,9125,058
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
Jordan711:124,5417,803
Spain441:1,062,54638,570
United Arab Emirates421:218,14914,475
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
France91:7,380,302306,885
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
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El Ahmar (46) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Ahmar Demographics

El Ahmar Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 1,332 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Ahmar Last Name Facts

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

El Ahmar is found most in Yemen. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name is the 42,318th most commonly used last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 591,426 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of El Ahmar are found; 80 percent are found in West Asia and 47 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. El Ahmar is also the 1,484,914th most numerous forename globally, held by 46 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Yemen, where it is held by 5,617 people, or 1 in 4,705. In Yemen it is primarily concentrated in: Taiz Governorate, where 19 percent are found, Hajjah Governorate, where 14 percent are found and Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 14 percent are found. Beside Yemen it occurs in 25 countries. It is also common in Lebanon, where 20 percent are found and Syria, where 12 percent are found.

El Ahmar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Shiite (54%) in Lebanon.

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 Ahmare941/
El Amar93453/
El Asmar882,111/
El Amarr88214/
El Ammar88203/
El-Ahmar88191/
El Amarh88122/
El Aimar8863/
El Aamar8849/
El Hamar888/
El Amart884/
El A'Mar884/
El Aymar882/
El Homar881/
El Ehmar881/
El Aïmar881/
El Hammar82899/
El Haimar82739/
El Ammare825/
El Aimmar821/
El Aimarr821/
El Omar80682/
El Amor802/
El-Amar801/
El Haimmar781/
El Amour756,374/
El-Asmar75593/
El-Ammar7539/
El Oumar7519/
El Ameur752/
El-Hamar751/
El Osmar751/
El Hameur71240/
El Goumar715/
El Hamour714/
El Haimeur671,257/
El Omor67171/
El-Omar6735/
El Haimour6729/
El Hammour674/
El-Amor671/
El-Amour632/
El-Ameir631/
El Omarrrrr631/
El-Omair631/
El Omeire591/
El-Hameur591/
El Oumeir591/
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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 Ahmar
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