El Ouad Surname

440,964th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 776 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Ouad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Ouad 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
Morocco4771:72,27712,260
Algeria2441:158,32620,297
Spain431:1,087,25739,071
France101:6,642,272293,169
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: El Ouâd (1) are calculated separately.

El Ouad Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Ouad is borne by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: El Ouâd. For other possible spellings of El Ouad click here.

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

It is the 440,964th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 9,391,167 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of El Ouad are found; 93 percent are found in North Africa and 93 percent are found in Mahgreb.

The surname is most numerous in Morocco, where it is carried by 477 people, or 1 in 72,277. Aside from Morocco El Ouad is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 31 percent live and Spain, where 6 percent live.

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 Ouâd951/
El Ouadd9314/
El Ouaid936/
El Ouaad931/
El Gouad931/
El Ouahad881/
El Ouaaid881/
El Aoud861,330/
El Ouai86376/
El Ouat8618/
El Ouaz864/
El Houa862/
El Houat80414/
El Haoud80381/
El Ouaai80342/
El Ouach80136/
El Ouahy8010/
El Ouath808/
El Aaoud805/
El Houas805/
El Ouate804/
El Gouha801/
El Houaz801/
El Ouaiz801/
El Aou775/
El Houate75136/
El Ouaste754/
El Houach752/
El Ouahaj752/
El Aaioud751/
El Ouahch751/
El Houass751/
El Haou71567/
El Aout719/
El Gaou719/
El-Ouaz714/
El Auah714/
El Hoat713/
El Gaout67547/
El Haous67516/
El Haout67352/
El Ahiua67244/
El Hauat6718/
El Auahh679/
El Aougy679/
El Haouz671/
El Ayyad671/
El Ahouh671/
El Aouss671/
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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 Ouad
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