El Din Surname

1,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 320,503 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El Din Surname User-submission:

El Din is a religious surname, often practiced with the Muslim community, meaning 'the faith'.

Highlights the importance of faith within the individuals who hold it.

El Din Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria119,7601:16123
Lebanon97,6841:581
Yemen65,6981:40247
Jordan11,4811:770102
Kuwait7,1831:52943
United Arab Emirates6,2721:1,461168
Egypt6,2241:14,7711,762
Sudan3,9201:9,5691,352
Iraq1,8131:19,3171,141
Tunisia2211:2,763368
Oman881:41,9092,646
Palestine831:54,8055,351
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Pakistan181:9,924,66048,309
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
England11:55,718,059489,080
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
France11:66,422,722504,397

El Din (156) may also be a first name.

El Din Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

El Din is a religious surname, often practiced with the Muslim community, meaning 'the faith'.

Highlights the importance of faith within the individuals who hold it.

- justince

El Din Last Name Facts

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

El Din (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻳﻦ) is more frequently found in Syria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

This surname is the 1,713th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 22,738 people. The last name El Din is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of El Din live; 97 percent live in West Asia and 72 percent live in Levant. It is also the 735,679th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 156 people.

El Din is the most frequently held surname in one country:Lebanon, where 30 percent are found. The surname El Din is most commonly occurring in Syria, where it is carried by 119,760 people, or 1 in 161. In Syria El Din is mostly found in: Aleppo Governorate, where 31 percent are found, Damascus Governorate, where 26 percent are found and Homs Governorate, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Syria it is found in 31 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 30 percent are found and Yemen, where 20 percent are found.

El Din Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Shiite (55%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Dien92728/
El Dina924/
El Dinn921/
El Dinne863/
El-Din838,732/
El Den83768/
El Dinova802/
El Deen773,238/
El-Dien77550/
El Dhnh779/
El Dhen771/
El Hdhn771/
El-Den67490/
El-Dim671/
El-Deen623,685/

El Din Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Din in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺪﻳﻦaldyn-

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