El Am Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Am Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Am 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
Algeria901:429,23935,243
Mauritania591:69,4044,742
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Lebanon41:1,409,27119,641
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

El Am (28) may also be a first name.

El Am Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Am (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﻢ) occurs more in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The last name is the 1,343,156th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname El Am occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of El Am reside; 59 percent reside in North Africa and 57 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 28 people.

It is most numerous in Algeria, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 429,239. In Algeria El Am is most common in: El Bayadh Province, where 99 percent live and Algiers Province, where 1 percent live. Not including Algeria this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 36 percent live and Egypt, where 2 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 Aym911,312/
El Amm91811/
El Amh91610/
El Ham91276/
El Ame91234/
El Aam917/
El Amn914/
El Haim83273/
El Asmh83244/
El Hamd8368/
El Amme8314/
El Asem8310/
El Aime838/
El Amdh834/
El Aaam834/
El Asim833/
El Aham832/
El Hame832/
El Gaim831/
El Atem831/
El An804/
El-Am802/
El Hatem771,083/
El Hasim774/
El Hatim772/
El Assim771/
El Ain73267/
El Han73153/
El And7312/
El Hom7312/
El-Atm7311/
El Aan734/
El Ahn734/
El Ayn734/
El-Amm732/
El Ant732/
El Omd731/
El Hachem71860/
El Hachim71179/
El Hateem71122/
El Ahamdh714/
El Haseem711/
El Hattem711/
El Aine67296/
El Hand67284/
El Hain67115/
El-Atem6712/
El Houm675/
El Hank675/
El Hant674/
El-Hamd672/
El Goum672/
El Ayne671/
El Anne671/
El Oume671/
El Hann671/
El-Ahtm671/
El Ganh671/
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El Am Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Am in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻌﻢalm-

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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 Am
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