El Din Surname
Approximately 320,503 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 119,760 | 1:161 | 23 |
| Lebanon | 97,684 | 1:58 | 1 |
| Yemen | 65,698 | 1:402 | 47 |
| Jordan | 11,481 | 1:770 | 102 |
| Kuwait | 7,183 | 1:529 | 43 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6,272 | 1:1,461 | 168 |
| Egypt | 6,224 | 1:14,771 | 1,762 |
| Sudan | 3,920 | 1:9,569 | 1,352 |
| Iraq | 1,813 | 1:19,317 | 1,141 |
| Tunisia | 221 | 1:2,763 | 368 |
| Oman | 88 | 1:41,909 | 2,646 |
| Palestine | 83 | 1:54,805 | 5,351 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Pakistan | 18 | 1:9,924,660 | 48,309 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
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.
- justinceEl Din Demographics
El Din Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
El Din Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Din Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname El Din (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻳﻦ) is borne by more people in Syria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name El Din? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,713th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,738 people. The surname El Din occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of El Din live; 97 percent live in West Asia and 72 percent live in Levant. El Din is also the 735,679th most prevalent forename in the world. It is borne by 156 people.
El Din is the most common surname in one country:Lebanon, where 30 percent live. It is most frequently used in Syria, where it is held by 119,760 people, or 1 in 161. In Syria El Din is mostly found in: Aleppo Governorate, where 31 percent live, Damascus Governorate, where 26 percent live and Homs Governorate, where 9 percent live. Besides Syria El Din exists in 31 countries. It also occurs in Lebanon, where 30 percent live and Yemen, where 20 percent live.
El Din Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the El Din last name is primarily Shiite (55%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
El Din Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| El Din in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﻳﻦ | aldyn | - |
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