El Ashab Surname

140,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Jordan

El Ashab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Ashab 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
Jordan1,4091:6,2761,239
Palestine6921:6,5731,426
Lebanon6411:8,7941,345
Morocco3071:112,30019,480
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
Tunisia441:13,8782,274
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Ashab Demographics

El Ashab Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 350 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Ashab Last Name Facts

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

El Ashab occurs in Jordan more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

It is the 140,881st most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,301,815 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 89 percent of El Ashab are found; 89 percent are found in West Asia and 87 percent are found in Levant.

This last name is most common in Jordan, where it is carried by 1,409 people, or 1 in 6,276. In Jordan it is most prevalent in: Amman Governorate, where 82 percent live, Aqaba Governorate, where 8 percent live and Karak Governorate, where 5 percent live. Apart from Jordan this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Palestine, where 22 percent live and Lebanon, where 20 percent live.

El Ashab Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the El Ashab last name is principally Shiite (80%) 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 Ashhab941/
El Asab932/
El Achab881,378/
El Asheb8865/
El Assab886/
El Ahzab884/
El-Ashab882/
El Ashob881/
El Hasab881/
El Achhab823,033/
El Gassab829/
El Ashaaf826/
El-Ashhab825/
El Aachab824/
El Asheeb821/
El Hassab821/
El Achaab821/
El Assaab821/
El Azab803,610/
El Asaf809/
El Esab801/
El Achchab7827/
El Ach'hab781/
El Azzab75680/
El Ausaf759/
El Assaf752/
El Eazab751/
El Hazzab71137/
El-Achhab717/
El Assafe714/
El Achoub714/
El Ashouf711/
El Haseeb711/
El-Azab672,318/
El Azap67122/
El Aceb6710/
El Azaf671/
El-Azaab634/
El-Azzab631/
El-Assaf631/
El Hazzaf591/
El Hossoub563/
El Haissouf53342/
El Haichouf531/
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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 Ashab
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