El Sama Surname

65,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,584 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Sama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Sama 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
Egypt6,0411:15,2191,805
Yemen1,5391:17,1701,880
Niger41:4,798,00475,547

El Sama (3,951) may also be a first name.

El Sama Last Name Facts

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

El Sama is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of El Sama.

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

The last name is the 65,796th most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 960,911 people. The last name El Sama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of El Sama are found; 80 percent are found in North Africa and 80 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. El Sama is also the 111,286th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 3,951 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is borne by 6,041 people, or 1 in 15,219. Outside of Egypt this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 20 percent reside and Niger, where 0 percent reside.

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 Samai9320,456/
El Shama93165/
El Samad9383/
El Samah9332/
El Samaa935/
El Samat934/
El Samas934/
El Samea931/
El Samay931/
El Shamaa883,806/
El Samahy882,448/
El Samaid88191/
El Sammaa88165/
El Sammad88122/
El Shamah8815/
El Shamea886/
El Sama'a884/
El Sammah882/
El Samiea881/
El Samaat881/
El Shamai881/
El Shamas881/
El Samaha881/
El Samy86158/
El Sami8637/
El Jama862/
El Shammas822,790/
El Shammaa82221/
El Shaimaa826/
El Shamahy824/
El Shammat823/
El Shammah821/
El Shammai821/
El Shami8095,497/
El Shamy807,101/
El Samit801,282/
El Samie80593/
El Jamai80355/
El Samet80162/
El Samih8022/
El-Samad8013/
El Shame8010/
El Chama809/
El Samhy807/
El Sahmi804/
El Samer804/
El Djama804/
El Jamaï802/
El Samed802/
El Jamaa801/
El Shamo801/
El Zamaa801/
El Sameh801/
El Souma801/
El Samei801/
El Sammy801/
El Sammo801/
El Sayme801/
El Shammaah784/
El Shamahas781/
El Samout75535/
El-Samahy75524/
El Chamaa75232/
El Shameh75228/
El Jamaai75170/
El-Shamaa75127/
El Zahmaa7595/
El Shouma7546/
El Shamey756/
El Samoud754/
El Shaimi754/
El Ssamie754/
El Chamma753/
El-Sammad752/
El Sahami751/
El Jammas751/
El Samouy751/
El Samher751/
El-Shammaa71195/
El Zema71172/
El Chammas7153/
El Chammah7110/
El Chaumas711/
El-Shammah711/
El-Shamy675,535/
El Shammout671,424/
El Chami67813/
El-Shami67686/
El Jouma67280/
El Chamy677/
El-Samie674/
El Jomaa674/
El-Samoy674/
El Zaimy672/
El Jamei671/
El Zouma671/
El Zahmi671/
El Jomai671/
El Shamhout671/
El-Jamad671/
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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 Sama
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