El Sam Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Sam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Sam 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
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El Sam Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Sam is found in Yemen more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of El Sam.

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

The surname El Sam is the 6,723,624th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname El Sam occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of El Sam reside; 75 percent reside in West Asia and 63 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name El Sam is most widely held in Yemen, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 6,606,324. Excluding Yemen this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 13 percent are found and Iraq, where 13 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 Sham9281/
El Saim925/
El Samn924/
El Sahm924/
El Samth86122/
El Shame8610/
El Shamm861/
El Shahm861/
El Sayme861/
El Jam835/
El San833/
El Sahn77378/
El Jamh77122/
El Zaim7730/
El Cham7720/
El-Saym774/
El Hsan774/
El Jaam774/
El Shan772/
El Sane772/
El-Sham771/
El Zamh771/
El Zahm771/
El Shoum71376/
El Shhan714/
El Shaan712/
El Jamhh711/
El Hssan711/
El Shant711/
El-san6784/
El Zan674/
El Shahan672/
El Son671/
El-Jam671/
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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 Sam
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