El Demerdash Surname

164,585th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,635 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Demerdash Surname User-submission:

Demirtaş, a village in Dikili District of İzmir Province; Demirtaş, a village in the District of Gerger, Adıyaman Province; Demirtaş, a village in the District of Kalecik, Ankara Province; and Demirtaş, a village in the District of Yumurtalık, Adana Province.

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El Demerdash Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2,3801:38,6284,006
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
France21:33,211,361423,184
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El Demerdash Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname is derived from the Turkish word, demirtaş, meaning 'iron rock' and it refers to different villages in modern day Turkey:

Demirtaş, a village in Dikili District of İzmir Province; Demirtaş, a village in the District of Gerger, Adıyaman Province; Demirtaş, a village in the District of Kalecik, Ankara Province; and Demirtaş, a village in the District of Yumurtalık, Adana Province.

Holders of the surname may have an ancestor who came from one of these villages.

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El Demerdash Last Name Facts

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

El Demerdash is most common in Egypt. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

This last name is the 164,585th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 2,765,672 people. El Demerdash occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of El Demerdash reside; 90 percent reside in North Africa and 90 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

El Demerdash is most widely held in Egypt, where it is borne by 2,380 people, or 1 in 38,628. Outside of Egypt it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 9 percent live and Qatar, where 0 percent live.

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