El Hamdou Surname

53,841st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,472 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

El Hamdou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Hamdou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria9,1011:2,121252
Morocco3071:112,30019,480
Mauritania501:81,8975,336
Lebanon81:704,63514,756
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

El Hamdou (30) may also be a first name.

El Hamdou Last Name Facts

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

El Hamdou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﻤﺪﻭ) has its highest incidence in Syria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

El Hamdou is the 53,841st most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 769,378 people. The surname El Hamdou is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of El Hamdou are found; 96 percent are found in West Asia and 96 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 1,911,214th most widely held forename internationally It is held by 30 people.

The last name is most frequent in Syria, where it is carried by 9,101 people, or 1 in 2,121. In Syria El Hamdou is most frequent in: Aleppo Governorate, where 98 percent reside, Homs Governorate, where 2 percent reside and Hama Governorate, where 0 percent reside. Aside from Syria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 3 percent reside and Mauritania, where 1 percent reside.

El Hamdou Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Amdou941/
El Amdouy891/
El Handouz84263/
El Handous841/
El Hando821/
El Hamda821/
El Handouch801/
El Hamdat784/
El Hamdie782/
El Hamday781/
El Amda754/
El-Handouz747/
El Handa7114/
El Gamda711/
El Amdai711/
El Jamda711/
El Handaz67270/
El Omda632,637/
El Aunda591/
El Oumda591/
El Gounda562/
El-Omda50703/

El Hamdou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Hamdou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺤﻤﺪﻭalhmdw83.33
ﺍﻟﺤﻤﺪalhmd13.33
ﺍﻟﺤﺎﻣﺪﻭalhamdw3.33

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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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  • 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 Hamdou
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