El Amedy Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Jordan

El Amedy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Amedy 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
Jordan1711:51,7105,128
Syria411:470,7575,123
Oman361:102,4443,170
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

El Amedy Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Amedy has its highest incidence in Jordan. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

It is the 996,001st most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Amedy are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 83 percent are found in Levant.

This last name is most widespread in Jordan, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 51,710. In Jordan it is mostly found in: Balqa Governorate, where 34 percent are found, Amman Governorate, where 33 percent are found and Irbid Governorate, where 32 percent are found. Apart from Jordan El Amedy occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 16 percent are found and Oman, where 14 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 Gamedy9411/
El Ahmedy946/
El Amhedy941/
El Hameedy892,533/
El Hameidy897/
El Hammedy891/
El Hahmedy891/
El Amady88192/
El Hamady825,045/
El Ahmady82650/
El Hamidy82481/
El Hamydy82136/
El Hemedy825/
El-Ahmedy825/
El Hamedi824/
El Ahmedi823/
El Hamede821/
El Hammady7856,000/
El Hameida78114/
El Hameidi788/
El Hameide783/
El Hammeda782/
El Hemeydy782/
El Hemeidy782/
El Hamaidy781/
El Hameedi781/
El Homeidy781/
El Amadi755/
El Omeda751/
El Houmeidy7423/
El Hamidouy741/
El Ahmadi714,567/
El Hamidi713,295/
El Hamadi71411/
El-Ahmady71337/
El Hemedi71180/
El-Hamady71124/
El Aimadi719/
El Amayda714/
El Hamade714/
El Aamadi714/
El Ahmidi712/
El Homedi711/
El Hamide711/
El Amahdi711/
El-Ahmedi711/
El Hamayda67524/
El Hammadi67468/
El-Hammady67184/
El Hemeidi6710/
El Homaydy679/
El Homeidi678/
El Ahmadie676/
El Haimadi676/
El Haimade672/
El Ahmmadi671/
El Houmady671/
El Hamaida671/
El Hamaidi671/
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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
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  • 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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Amedy
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