El Hakam Surname

517,348th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 630 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El Hakam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Hakam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen3171:83,3615,495
Lebanon1791:31,4923,195
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

El Hakam (1,172) may also be a first name.

El Hakam Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Hakam occurs more in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of El Hakam click here.

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

This last name is the 517,348th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 11,567,533 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of El Hakam live; 80 percent live in West Asia and 51 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. El Hakam is also the 231,982nd most prevalent given name in the world It is held by 1,172 people.

El Hakam is most frequently used in Yemen, where it is carried by 317 people, or 1 in 83,361. In Yemen it is primarily found in: Dhale Governorate, where 72 percent live, Aden Governorate, where 15 percent live and Sana'a Governorate, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Yemen this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Lebanon, where 28 percent live and Egypt, where 19 percent live.

El Hakam Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Sunni (96%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Chakham899/
El-Hakam88170/
El Akkam885/
El Achkam8212/
El Hakeim821/
El Acam801/
El Akoum7519/
El-Hakom751/
El Hacheim671/
El Achkham671/

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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 Hakam
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