El Samaan Surname

722,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El Samaan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Samaan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria1721:112,2153,474
Lebanon1531:36,8443,514
Jordan441:200,9649,465
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214

El Samaan Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Samaan is most common in Syria. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

The last name El Samaan is the 722,496th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 18,083,240 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Samaan live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 92 percent live in Levant.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Syria, where it is held by 172 people, or 1 in 112,215. In Syria El Samaan is mostly concentrated in: Homs Governorate, where 100 percent reside. Not including Syria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 38 percent reside and Jordan, where 11 percent reside.

El Samaan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Melkite Greek Catholic (65%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Saman941,508/
El Samman896,968/
El Samhan89738/
El Seaman8927/
El-Samaan892/
El Samant891/
El Zaman821,936/
El-Saman82428/
El Seman821/
El Samam821/
El-Samman78643/
El Samoun788/
El Semman787/
El Zamanq781/
El Shammam74526/
El Joman714/
El Zouman67164/
El Zhamam674/
El Zeyman671/
El-Djouman531/

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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 Samaan
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