El Ahmed Surname

1,295,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Qatar

El Ahmed Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Ahmed 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
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Senegal51:2,915,8685,479
Mauritania41:1,023,71625,172
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
France11:66,422,722504,397
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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El Ahmed Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Ahmed (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻷﺣﻤﺪ) is held by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

This last name is the 1,295,379th most frequent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of El Ahmed reside; 70 percent reside in North Africa and 70 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Excluding Egypt this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 5 percent live and Sweden, where 3 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 Ahamed943/
El Amed93153/
El Hamed881,323/
El Gamed88115/
El Hemed8837/
El-Ahmed8834/
El Homed8814/
El Ahmet881/
El Hameed827,211/
El Hameid82129/
El Hemmed8243/
El Houmed8232/
El Haimed823/
El Hemeid822/
El Hamied821/
El Hammed821/
El Haymed821/
El Amid801,037/
El Hoummed7815/
El Houmeid781/
El Hamid751,085/
El-Hamed75309/
El-Ahmet751/
El Hamet751/
El-Hameed71153/
El-Hamied711/
El Hamegy711/
El Houmid711/
El Amit671/
El-Hamid63535/
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El Ahmed Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Ahmed in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻷﺣﻤﺪalahmd-

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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 Ahmed
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