El Mawla Surname

64,615th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,741 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El Mawla Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Mawla Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon4,8191:1,170209
Syria2,2671:8,514820
United Arab Emirates1741:52,6575,214
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Kuwait961:39,5914,718
Iraq731:479,7498,022
Yemen711:372,18710,164
Tunisia541:11,3081,865
Jordan451:196,4999,419
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
England21:27,859,030389,889
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

El Mawla Last Name Facts

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

El Mawla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﻮﻟﻰ) has its highest incidence in Lebanon. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

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

The surname is the 64,615th most numerous last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 941,422 people. The last name El Mawla occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of El Mawla reside; 97 percent reside in West Asia and 93 percent reside in Levant.

It is most common in Lebanon, where it is carried by 4,819 people, or 1 in 1,170. In Lebanon El Mawla is mostly found in: Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, where 64 percent live, Beqaa Governorate, where 13 percent live and Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 11 percent live. Other than Lebanon this surname exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 29 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent live.

El Mawla Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the El Mawla surname is principally Shiite (81%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Mawly88321/
El Mewla8815/
El Mowla886/
El Mawle882/
El-Mawla882/
El-Mawlah821/
El Mawled821/
El-Mewla752/
El Mahbly712/
El Mowellhy631/

El Mawla Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Mawla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﻮﻟﻰalmwly-

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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 Mawla
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