El Mahmoud Surname

70,954th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,965 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El Mahmoud Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Mahmoud 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
Jordan2,5641:3,449703
Lebanon2,1781:2,588490
United Arab Emirates7471:12,2651,527
Mauritania6931:5,909683
Kuwait4441:8,5601,174
Yemen1321:200,1928,533
Iraq1001:350,2176,594
Palestine491:92,8346,737
Sweden171:579,22142,433
France111:6,038,429280,838
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Niger51:3,838,40364,195
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
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El Mahmoud (71) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Mahmoud Demographics

El Mahmoud Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 1,346 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Mahmoud Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Mahmoud (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺤﻤﻮﺩ) occurs in Jordan more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of El Mahmoud click here.

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

The last name El Mahmoud is the 70,954th most numerous surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,046,310 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of El Mahmoud live; 89 percent live in West Asia and 70 percent live in Levant. El Mahmoud is also the 1,152,838th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 71 people.

The surname El Mahmoud is most numerous in Jordan, where it is borne by 2,564 people, or 1 in 3,449. In Jordan it is primarily concentrated in: Irbid Governorate, where 65 percent reside, Mafraq Governorate, where 11 percent reside and Amman Governorate, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Jordan El Mahmoud exists in 22 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 31 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 11 percent reside.

El Mahmoud Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the El Mahmoud surname is chiefly Sunni (80%) in Lebanon.

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 Mahmud95196/
El Mamoud9512/
El Mahamoud951/
El-Mahmoud90117/
El Mahmouh904/
El Mehmoud904/
El Mohmoud901/
El Mamou89786/
El Mouhmoud861/
El-Mahmud846/
El Mamouh841/
El-Mahmood804/
El Mohmouh804/
El Mahamad802/
El-Mahmout801/
El Masmu784/
El-Mamud783/
El Mahameed766,131/
El Mouhmouh768/
El Moumou7413/
El Mahmah7410/
El Mamayo741/
El Mama71190/
El Mahamey701/
El Mahamah701/
El Mhama679,000/
El Hmama67458/
El Masma6767/
El Mamay675/
El Mamye671/
El Mamie671/
El Mamiya6325/
El Hmamey631/
El Motmai531/
El-Mohmad531/
El Meimiya501/
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El Mahmoud Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Mahmoud in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺤﻤﻮﺩalmhmwd99.56
ﺍﻟﻤﺤﻤﻮﺩﻱalmhmwdy0.44
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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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  • 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 Mahmoud
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