El Fan Surname

686,443rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 432 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El Fan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Fan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon1711:32,9653,286
Yemen1591:166,1977,893
United Arab Emirates951:96,4458,667
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

El Fan (250) may also be a first name.

El Fan Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Fan is more commonly found in Lebanon than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of El Fan.

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

The last name El Fan is the 686,443rd most widely held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 16,869,319 people. El Fan is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Fan live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 60 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 563,826th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 250 people.

This surname is most widespread in Lebanon, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 32,965. In Lebanon it is most frequent in: Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, where 77 percent reside, Beqaa Governorate, where 15 percent reside and Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 5 percent reside. Other than Lebanon this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 37 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 22 percent reside.

El Fan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the El Fan last name is primarily Shiite (99%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Fann92428/
El Fane92191/
El Fatin8611/
El Fanne864/
El Faten861/
El-Fan831/
El Faim773/
El Font771/
El Faham71875/
El Fatim714/
El-Van673/
El von671/
El Foum621/
El-Faham57553/

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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 Fan
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