El Imam Surname

678,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 439 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Imam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Imam 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
Morocco2731:126,28622,036
Mauritania801:51,1863,739
Sudan491:765,5142,614
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
England11:55,718,059489,080
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
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El Imam (28) may also be a first name.

El Imam Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Imam is held by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

The last name El Imam is the 678,631st most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 16,600,332 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of El Imam reside; 76 percent reside in North Africa and 62 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 28 people.

It is most frequently used in Morocco, where it is held by 273 people, or 1 in 126,286. Besides Morocco El Imam exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 18 percent reside and Sudan, where 11 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 Imame93517/
El Immam931/
El Iman863,877/
El Emam862,161/
El-Imam86292/
El Imane80170/
El Hemam802/
El-Immam801/
El Ymame801/
El Hemame751/
El-Emam712,062/
El Eman71661/
El Ithmane712/
El Haimane711/
El-Iman711/
El Ayman67401/
El Eyman674/
El Emane672/
El Heman671/
El Ethman631/
El Ethmane595/
El Haymane591/
El-Eman574/
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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 Imam
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