El Melhem Surname
Approximately 3,952 people bear this surname
El Melhem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 2,382 | 1:8,103 | 791 |
| Lebanon | 627 | 1:8,991 | 1,368 |
| Jordan | 480 | 1:18,422 | 2,815 |
| Kuwait | 395 | 1:9,622 | 1,331 |
| United Arab Emirates | 54 | 1:169,672 | 12,566 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Palestine | 2 | 1:2,274,424 | 17,661 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
El Melhem Demographics
El Melhem Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
El Melhem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Melhem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name El Melhem occurs in Syria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name El Melhem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 116,615th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,844,015 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Melhem live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 88 percent live in Levant.
The surname is most frequently held in Syria, where it is carried by 2,382 people, or 1 in 8,103. In Syria it is primarily concentrated in: Homs Governorate, where 59 percent are found, Aleppo Governorate, where 40 percent are found and Al-Suwayda Governorate, where 0 percent are found. Not including Syria it occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 16 percent are found and Jordan, where 12 percent are found.
El Melhem Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Sunni (73%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Meslem | 89 | 135 | / |
| El-Melhem | 89 | 4 | / |
| El Melhim | 89 | 1 | / |
| El Melheen | 84 | 1 | / |
| El Malem | 82 | 8 | / |
| El Maalem | 78 | 683 | / |
| El Mallem | 78 | 269 | / |
| El Meslim | 78 | 2 | / |
| El-Meslem | 78 | 2 | / |
| El Maallem | 74 | 308 | / |
| El Maâllem | 74 | 1 | / |
| El Maaliem | 74 | 1 | / |
| El Melissen | 70 | 1 | / |
| El Mislim | 67 | 2 | / |
| El Mislime | 53 | 6 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Melhem
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