El Faham Surname

401,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 875 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Faham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Faham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt8541:107,6538,985
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

El Faham Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Faham is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

This surname is the 401,442nd most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 8,328,624 people. El Faham occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of El Faham reside; 99 percent reside in North Africa and 98 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Egypt, where it is carried by 854 people, or 1 in 107,653. Not including Egypt this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 1 percent are found and Algeria, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Fahame941/
El Fahm93122/
El-Faham88553/
El-Fahm80274/
El Fajm80122/
El Faim803/
El Fatm801/
El Fatim754/
El Fatme751/
El Fan71432/
El Fann67428/
El Fane67191/
El Foum671/
El Fatin6311/
El Fanne634/
El Faten631/
El-Fan571/
El Font531/

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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 Faham
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