El Gamal Surname

11,823rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47,530 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Jordan

El Gamal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Gamal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jordan11,7371:75398
Egypt10,5251:8,7351,066
Yemen10,4441:2,530393
Lebanon5,8951:956171
Palestine4,7821:951143
Syria2,0031:9,636883
Saudi Arabia7951:38,8125,622
Kuwait6361:5,976823
United Arab Emirates2491:36,7963,882
Tunisia1981:3,084437
Israel871:98,36411,357
Iraq371:946,53112,381
Oman351:105,3713,185
France211:3,162,987209,042
United States191:19,076,786604,894
England111:5,065,278148,650
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345

El Gamal (154) may also be a first name.

El Gamal Last Name Facts

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

El Gamal is most common in Jordan. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

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

It is the 11,823rd most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 153,325 people. El Gamal is mostly found in Asia, where 77 percent of El Gamal reside; 77 percent reside in West Asia and 51 percent reside in Levant. It is also the 740,891st most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 154 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Jordan, where it is carried by 11,737 people, or 1 in 753. In Jordan it is primarily found in: Amman Governorate, where 60 percent are found, Irbid Governorate, where 22 percent are found and Zarqa Governorate, where 11 percent are found. Not including Jordan it exists in 31 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 22 percent are found and Yemen, where 22 percent are found.

El Gamal Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the El Gamal last name is chiefly Shiite (46%) in Lebanon.

El Gamal earn less than half the average income. In Italy they earn 64.16% less than the national average, earning €10,762 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Gammal945,730/
El Gamaal944/
El Gamall941/
El Amal935,884/
El-Gamal886,159/
El Hamal88444/
El Ahmal881/
El Gemal881/
El Ammal881/
El-Gammal823,760/
El Hammal82142/
El Gameil821/
El-Amal801/
El-Gammall781/
El Ommal75240/
El Ameul754/
El Hamoul7111/
El-Hammal714/
El Hameul711/
El Omaitel67128/

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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
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  • 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 Gamal
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