El Rahman Surname

234,998th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,713 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Tunisia

El Rahman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Rahman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1,5251:60,2865,690
Tunisia761:8,0351,343
Lebanon461:122,5456,622
Iraq371:946,53112,381
Syria81:2,412,62810,757
Yemen81:3,303,16216,088
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

El Rahman (22) may also be a first name.

El Rahman Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Rahman has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of El Rahman.

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

This last name is the 234,998th most frequently held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,254,259 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of El Rahman reside; 94 percent reside in North Africa and 89 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. El Rahman is also the 2,301,746th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 22 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is borne by 1,525 people, or 1 in 60,286. Beside Egypt it is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Tunisia, where 4 percent are found and Lebanon, where 3 percent are found.

El Rahman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the El Rahman surname is predominantly Sunni (97%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Rahaman954/
El Raman948/
El-Rahman891,358/
El Rahmon891,106/
El Rajman899/
El Rehman891/
El Roman822/
El-Rhaman781/
El-Roman713/
El Roumhein601/

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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 Rahman
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