El Awad Surname

149,628th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,952 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sudan
Highest density in:
Sudan

El Awad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Awad 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
Sudan2,2401:16,7462,298
Egypt3361:273,61818,414
Morocco3071:112,30019,480
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Lebanon71:805,29815,541
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
France21:33,211,361423,184
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
England21:27,859,030389,889
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
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El Awad Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Awad is more commonly found in Sudan than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

The last name is the 149,628th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,468,681 people. The last name El Awad occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of El Awad reside; 98 percent reside in North Africa and 87 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

This surname is most common in Sudan, where it is carried by 2,240 people, or 1 in 16,746. Barring Sudan El Awad occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 11 percent reside and Morocco, where 10 percent reside.

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 Awaad93126/
El Awwad9322/
El Ajwad935/
El Awadh934/
El Aawad931/
El Asswad881/
El-Awad86200/
El Abad86189/
El Hawat801,436/
El-Gawad80216/
El-Aswad80161/
El Asuad80122/
El-Awwad808/
El Awagy804/
El Oswad804/
El Aybad801/
El Hawait754/
El Hawatt754/
El Assuad751/
El-Ewad711/
El-Abad711/
El Abeid6791/
El Aboud6737/
El-Hawat676/
El Obaid675/
El Havat671/
El Abath671/
El Aiboud63240/
El-Hawwat633/
El Haboud631/
El Havodh631/
El Havoudh591/
El Obeid5332/
El Oubeid5011/
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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 Awad
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