El Said Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History

El Said Surname

18,211^th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 30,301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

Egypt

Highest density in:

Kuwait

El Said Surname User-submission:

An Arabic family name that means "the happy".

El Said Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Egypt	10,464	1:8,786	1,075
Syria	6,605	1:2,922	348
Jordan	4,523	1:1,955	356
Kuwait	4,242	1:896	85
Lebanon	1,386	1:4,067	748
Saudi Arabia	914	1:33,759	4,846
Palestine	656	1:6,934	1,495
Yemen	548	1:48,221	3,898
United Arab Emirates	450	1:20,361	2,361
Iraq	341	1:102,703	3,064
Tunisia	26	1:23,486	3,642
Qatar	22	1:107,182	11,536
France	19	1:3,495,933	219,029
Sweden	17	1:579,221	42,433
Oman	16	1:230,498	3,970
United States	15	1:24,163,929	685,360
England	12	1:4,643,172	139,951
Netherlands	12	1:1,407,265	75,423
Denmark	9	1:627,191	36,734
Australia	3	1:8,998,567	200,784
Belgium	3	1:3,832,215	117,288
Cameroon	2	1:10,384,534	165,830
Brazil	2	1:107,037,166	1,031,150
Spain	1	1:46,752,036	156,870
Ireland	1	1:4,708,939	29,543
Finland	1	1:5,496,702	84,025
Algeria	1	1:38,631,551	130,422
Switzerland	1	1:8,212,915	156,297
Gabon	1	1:1,889,194	6,814
Sudan	1	1:37,510,195	14,259
Israel	1	1:8,557,634	182,558
Philippines	1	1:101,238,223	404,861
Austria	1	1:8,515,435	118,036
Italy	1	1:61,156,688	199,583
Botswana	1	1:2,186,929	30,250
Libya	1	1:6,243,974	6,186
Bahrain	1	1:1,348,608	10,432

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El Said (3,159) may also be a first name.

El Said Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

An Arabic family name that means "the happy".

- ibrahim87

DNA test information

El Said Demographics

El Said Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 850 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Said Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Said Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname El Said is found most frequently in Egypt. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name El Said? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname El Said is the 18,211^th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 240,505 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 65 percent of El Said are found; 65 percent are found in West Asia and 45 percent are found in Levant. El Said is also the 127,956^th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 3,159 people.

The surname El Said is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is held by 10,464 people, or 1 in 8,786. Outside of Egypt it occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 22 percent are found and Jordan, where 15 percent are found.

El Said Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the El Said surname is chiefly Sunni (92%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
El Saied	93	3,114	/
El Saiid	93	185	/
El Sayid	93	11	/
El Saiyd	93	10	/
El Saaid	93	1	/
El Sad	92	214	/
El Sai	92	154	/
El Sid	92	147	/
El Sayied	88	9	/
El Saad	86	7,562	/
El Sadh	86	6,773	/
El-Said	86	5,259	/
El Sayd	86	1,022	/
El Saed	86	946	/
El Sadd	86	244	/
El Saud	86	244	/
El Sidh	86	214	/
El Shad	86	88	/
El Zaid	86	14	/
El Jaid	86	10	/
El Saie	86	10	/
El Sied	86	9	/
El Saji	86	7	/
El Siad	86	5	/
El Seid	86	5	/
El Saih	86	4	/
El Sais	86	4	/
El Sead	86	2	/
El Sahd	86	1	/
El Saio	86	1	/
El Sajd	86	1	/
El Sa	83	122	/
El Si	83	15	/
El Shahaid	82	1	/
El Sayed	80	136,144	/
El Sayad	80	9,013	/
El-Saied	80	2,020	/
El Shaji	80	305	/
El Saihi	80	153	/
El Saieh	80	13	/
El Shahd	80	9	/
El Shaia	80	7	/
El Seyid	80	6	/
El Shaij	80	4	/
El Sai'i	80	4	/
El Saiha	80	4	/
El Shaed	80	4	/
El Siaji	80	4	/
El Siyad	80	4	/
El-Saaid	80	3	/
El Shaad	80	1	/
El Sahie	80	1	/
El Sahia	80	1	/
El Saies	80	1	/
El Chaid	80	1	/
El Saydh	80	1	/
El Seyad	80	1	/
El-Sayid	80	1	/
El Saj	77	1,400	/
El Saa	77	895	/
El Jid	77	665	/
El Sah	77	183	/
El Jad	77	171	/
El Cid	77	16	/
El Zad	77	5	/
El Sat	77	4	/
El Zai	77	1	/
El Gid	77	1	/
El Say	77	1	/
El Saz	77	1	/
El-Sid	77	1	/
El Sis	77	1	/
El Sit	77	1	/
El Sayeed	75	183	/
El Shhadh	75	153	/
El Shehad	75	111	/
El Shahad	75	6	/
El Saye'd	75	4	/
El-Saieed	75	4	/
El-Shaied	75	1	/
El Shayed	75	1	/
El Sahaji	75	1	/
El Ssayad	75	1	/
El-Sayied	75	1	/
El Satt	71	5,616	/
El Jidd	71	1,312	/
El Saht	71	946	/
El-Saed	71	472	/
El Sahy	71	402	/
El Syed	71	371	/
El Soud	71	356	/
El Shas	71	289	/
El-Sayd	71	277	/
El Ziad	71	273	/
El Jadd	71	218	/
El Jahd	71	170	/
El Sath	71	153	/
El Shit	71	135	/
El Saah	71	122	/
El Saha	71	122	/
El Sahh	71	104	/
El Chai	71	75	/
El Shaa	71	44	/
El Shoa	71	36	/
El Seed	71	27	/
El Zait	71	17	/
El Shih	71	16	/
El Shie	71	15	/
El-Saad	71	14	/
El Shed	71	9	/
El Sass	71	9	/
El-Sied	71	9	/
El-Saie	71	7	/
El Sitt	71	6	/
El Jeid	71	5	/
El Shay	71	4	/
El-Saai	71	4	/
El Jaad	71	4	/
El Jhad	71	4	/
El Sagy	71	4	/
El Saat	71	4	/
El Says	71	4	/
El Shat	71	4	/
El-Saud	71	4	/
El-Zaid	71	2	/
El Siss	71	2	/
El Saye	71	2	/
El Shah	71	2	/
El Saya	71	1	/
El Sayy	71	1	/
El Sazz	71	1	/
El Seia	71	1	/
El Seya	71	1	/
El Chad	71	1	/
El-Saiy	71	1	/
El-Siad	71	1	/
El-Sayed	67	41,429	/
El-Sayad	67	1,422	/
El Shish	67	749	/
El Sayes	67	481	/
El Sayeh	67	361	/
El Sehat	67	313	/
El Shaat	67	276	/
El Shuha	67	275	/
El Shaaz	67	271	/
El Shash	67	233	/
El Zayed	67	219	/
El Seihy	67	39	/
El Sayah	67	24	/
El Jiyed	67	19	/
El Zi	67	14	/
El Shatt	67	13	/
El Shuit	67	11	/
El Jiyad	67	10	/
El Zaiat	67	9	/
El Saaat	67	9	/
El Sajaa	67	9	/
El Za	67	7	/
El Jeyid	67	6	/
El-Saieh	67	6	/
El Shagy	67	6	/
El Shass	67	6	/
El Shijj	67	4	/
El Shhat	67	4	/
El Shsah	67	4	/
El Sahah	67	2	/
El Shaya	67	2	/
El Shays	67	2	/
El Sayat	67	1	/
El Sayet	67	1	/
El Jéyid	67	1	/
El Shahy	67	1	/
El Sheya	67	1	/
El Souji	67	1	/
El Chaia	67	1	/
El Shayp	67	1	/
El Saate	67	1	/
El Sahth	67	1	/

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