El Amsh Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Palestine

El Amsh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Amsh 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
Jordan901:98,2497,020
Palestine651:69,9825,973
Syria251:772,0416,079
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436

El Amsh Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Amsh is carried by more people in Jordan than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

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

The last name is the 1,235,409th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of El Amsh reside; 99 percent reside in West Asia and 96 percent reside in Levant.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Jordan, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 98,249. In Jordan it is most frequent in: Amman Governorate, where 98 percent are found, Balqa Governorate, where 1 percent are found and Madaba Governorate, where 1 percent are found. Not including Jordan this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Palestine, where 35 percent are found and Syria, where 13 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 Ams92854/
El Hams86210/
El Ansh861/
El Hamss80185/
El Ans774/
El Homs71553/
El-Hams715/
El Gans711/
El Aans711/
El Hems711/
El Hanch6717/
El Hoims672/
El Gonsh671/
El Hanss671/
El Hanche63136/
El Hoomse634/
El Anz621/
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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 Amsh
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