El Hess Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Palestine
Highest density in:
Palestine

El Hess Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Hess Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Palestine251:181,9548,921
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

El Hess Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Hess (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺲ) is held by more people in Palestine than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

It is the 3,543,123rd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of El Hess live; 97 percent live in West Asia and 81 percent live in Levant.

El Hess is most widespread in Palestine, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 181,954. In Palestine El Hess is most common in: Gaza Governorate, where 68 percent reside, North Gaza Governorate, where 28 percent reside and Rafah Governorate, where 4 percent reside. Barring Palestine El Hess is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 16 percent reside and Mauritania, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Ess921/
El Hiss8630/
El Es8332/
El Hisse80170/
El Heish808/
El Her771,118/
El Esr77380/
El Esh77275/
El Che7712/
El Hed776/
El Iss775/
El Hey774/
El Eis772/
El Est771/
El Hez771/
El Haisse754/
El Hays71527/
El Heit71127/
El Herr7188/
El Iche7116/
El Hish7114/
El Khey7113/
El Gesh7110/
El Eche714/
El Hais714/
El Aiss711/
El Chej711/
El Khei711/
El Hedh711/
El Heah711/
El Head711/
El Aiche67249/
El Ha67160/
El Hajje6717/
El Heich6715/
El Cheij6710/
El Je675/
El Ayche672/
El Ex671/
El Ge671/
El Haije671/
El-Heish671/
El Heytt671/
El Ez671/
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El Hess Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Hess in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺤﺲalhs-

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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 Hess
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