El Lami Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Niger

El Lami Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Lami Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

El Lami Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Lami is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of El Lami.

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

The last name El Lami is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of El Lami reside; 57 percent reside in North Africa and 57 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 22,983,938. Without taking into account Egypt it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 29 percent are found and Belgium, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Lamii931/
El Lahami886/
El Lama861,349/
El Lamy867/
El Lamee80599/
El Lamey80196/
El-Lamie80154/
El Lamed8011/
El Lamer804/
El Liamy804/
El Lamaa802/
El Lhama801/
El Lamay801/
El Lammy801/
El Lamhy801/
El Laama801/
El Lamees75385/
El Lameed751/
El-Lamy713/
El Loumy67151/
El-Lamaa6717/
El Louma671/
El-Lahame636/
El-Lam'ey634/
El Lemehy631/

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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 Lami
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