El Rahab Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

El Rahab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Rahab 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
Syria111:1,754,6388,509
Yemen71:3,775,04217,439
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436

El Rahab Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Rahab occurs more in Syria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of El Rahab.

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

El Rahab is the 4,427,875th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of El Rahab reside; 95 percent reside in West Asia and 60 percent reside in Levant.

The surname El Rahab is most frequently occurring in Syria, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 1,754,638. In Syria El Rahab is primarily found in: Homs Governorate, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Syria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 35 percent are found and Egypt, where 5 percent are found.

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 Rhab931/
El Rhaib883/
El Rahaf881/
El Rab863/
El Rabh805/
El Raub804/
El Raaf801/
El Raib801/
El Rawsh754/
El Raw71214/
El Rob7116/
El Reb714/
El Rav713/
El Rauf67183/
El Rasp672/
El Raif671/
El Rowa671/
El Rafe671/
El Rebh671/
El-Raw574/
El-Rob571/
El Rouf5340/
El Hrouf507/
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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 Rahab
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