El Emam Surname

194,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Emam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Emam 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
Egypt1,8911:48,6184,776
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Sudan161:2,344,3874,438
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
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El Emam Last Name Facts

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

El Emam occurs in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

El Emam is the 194,439th most frequently used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 3,372,303 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of El Emam are found; 88 percent are found in North Africa and 88 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

It is most numerous in Egypt, where it is carried by 1,891 people, or 1 in 48,618. Outside of Egypt El Emam occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 11 percent reside and Sudan, where 1 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 Hemam932/
El Hemame881/
El-Emam862,062/
El Eman86661/
El Imam86439/
El Amam865/
El Imame80517/
El Hamam807/
El Eyman804/
El Emane802/
El Ymame801/
El Immam801/
El Heman801/
El Hammam75193/
El Ethman751/
El Iman713,877/
El-Imam71292/
El Ethmane715/
El-Eman714/
El-Amam711/
El Ayman67401/
El Imane67170/
El-Immam671/
El Omoum671/
El Aamoum632/
El Hamham631/
El Ithmane592/
El-Ethmane591/
El Haymane591/
El Haimane591/
El-Iman571/
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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 Emam
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