El Iman Surname

118,633rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,877 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Iman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Iman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt3,8741:23,7312,679
France21:33,211,361423,184
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

El Iman (1,606) may also be a first name.

El Iman Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Iman is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

El Iman is the 118,633rd most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,879,687 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Iman are found; 100 percent are found in North Africa and 100 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 192,815th most frequently occurring forename globally, borne by 1,606 people.

The surname El Iman is most numerous in Egypt, where it is carried by 3,874 people, or 1 in 23,731. Other than Egypt it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 0 percent are found and Mauritania, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Imane93170/
El Eman86661/
El Imam86439/
El-Iman861/
El Ithmane822/
El Haimane821/
El Ayman80401/
El Eyman804/
El Emane802/
El Heman801/
El Immam801/
El Ethman751/
El Emam712,161/
El-Imam71292/
El Ethmane715/
El-Eman714/
El Haymane711/
El Hemam672/
El-Immam671/
El-Ethmane591/
El-Emam572,062/

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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 Iman
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