El Dada Surname

193,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Palestine

El Dada Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Dada Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jordan8741:10,1171,858
Palestine6001:7,5811,599
Lebanon5791:9,7361,469
United Arab Emirates601:152,70511,648
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
France111:6,038,429280,838
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

El Dada Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Dada is borne by more people in Jordan than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of El Dada.

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

The last name is the 193,885th most widespread surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 3,361,414 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of El Dada live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 95 percent live in Levant.

This surname is most prevalent in Jordan, where it is carried by 874 people, or 1 in 10,117. In Jordan it is most numerous in: Madaba Governorate, where 77 percent reside, Amman Governorate, where 20 percent reside and Mafraq Governorate, where 1 percent reside. Besides Jordan this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Palestine, where 28 percent reside and Lebanon, where 27 percent reside.

El Dada Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Sunni (97%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Dadah932/
El Dada'a88458/
El Dahdah88200/
El-Dada86295/
El Dady8617/
El Deda869/
El Dadi866/
El Doda861/
El Dhaidah824/
El Douda80565/
El Daadi809/
El Dodaa804/
El Dadih804/
El Dadde802/
El-Dadah802/
El Hdady801/
El Daidi801/
El Dahdoh759/
El Dhaidi759/
El-Dahdah759/
El Dahady751/
El Dahdouh71341/
El Dodo7120/
El Doudy672/
El Doody671/
El Dodge671/
El-Daadi671/
El Doudou6312/
El-Dodo5714/

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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 Dada
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