El Aswad Surname
Approximately 12,919 people bear this surname
El Aswad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 5,667 | 1:4,663 | 676 |
| Syria | 3,888 | 1:4,964 | 556 |
| Lebanon | 1,048 | 1:5,379 | 946 |
| Jordan | 707 | 1:12,507 | 2,176 |
| Palestine | 572 | 1:7,953 | 1,669 |
| Kuwait | 328 | 1:11,587 | 1,609 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Tunisia | 197 | 1:3,100 | 440 |
| United Arab Emirates | 128 | 1:71,580 | 6,713 |
| Iraq | 52 | 1:673,493 | 9,953 |
| Oman | 16 | 1:230,498 | 3,970 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
El Aswad (39) may also be a first name.
El Aswad Demographics
El Aswad Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
El Aswad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Aswad Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name El Aswad occurs most in Yemen. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of El Aswad click here.
How Common Is The Last Name El Aswad? popularity and diffusion
It is the 40,552nd most numerous family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 564,095 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of El Aswad live; 96 percent live in West Asia and 49 percent live in Levant. El Aswad is also the 1,637,361st most commonly occurring forename internationally, borne by 39 people.
The last name is most numerous in Yemen, where it is held by 5,667 people, or 1 in 4,663. In Yemen it is most common in: Amanat Al Asimah, where 20 percent live, 'Amran Governorate, where 18 percent live and Dhamar Governorate, where 14 percent live. Apart from Yemen it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Syria, where 30 percent live and Lebanon, where 8 percent live.
El Aswad Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the El Aswad surname is predominantly Greek Orthodox (38%) in Lebanon.
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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 Aswad
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