El Khayyal Surname

165,618th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,615 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United Arab Emirates
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

El Khayyal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Khayyal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United Arab Emirates2,1701:4,222526
Syria1781:108,4333,445
Lebanon1391:40,5553,706
Yemen551:480,46010,691
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Jordan291:304,91211,052
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Oman11:3,687,97114,390

El Khayyal Last Name Facts

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

El Khayyal is carried by more people in The United Arab Emirates than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of El Khayyal click here.

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

This last name is the 165,618th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,786,824 people. El Khayyal occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Khayyal are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 87 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.

This last name is most frequently held in The United Arab Emirates, where it is carried by 2,170 people, or 1 in 4,222. In The United Arab Emirates it is primarily found in: Sharjah, where 73 percent are found, Ras al-Khaimah, where 4 percent are found and Fujairah, where 2 percent are found. Apart from The United Arab Emirates El Khayyal exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 7 percent are found and Lebanon, where 5 percent are found.

El Khayyal Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Sunni (99%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Kayyal956/
El Kyal82206/
El Kihal781,850/
El Kehal78568/
El Kyalh789/
El Khial781/
El Khjal781/
El Kajjal7414/
El Kihale748/
El Kahhal741/
El-Khiaal741/
El Kajial741/
El Kial7113/
El Haoul676/
El-Kihal673/
El Keheil631/
El Joual561/

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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 Khayyal
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