El Samah Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Kuwait

El Samah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Samah 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
Yemen171:1,554,42912,359
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436

El Samah (88) may also be a first name.

El Samah Last Name Facts

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

El Samah is found in Yemen more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

This surname is the 3,485,539th most frequent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname El Samah is mostly found in Asia, where 84 percent of El Samah reside; 84 percent reside in West Asia and 66 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. El Samah is also the 1,017,994th most commonly held forename in the world It is held by 88 people.

El Samah is most frequently held in Yemen, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 1,554,429. In Yemen it is mostly concentrated in: Sana'a Governorate, where 71 percent are found, Taiz Governorate, where 24 percent are found and Ma'rib Governorate, where 6 percent are found. Other than Yemen this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 13 percent are found and Kuwait, 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 Samahy942,448/
El Shamah9415/
El Sammah942/
El Samaha941/
El Sama937,584/
El Shamahy894/
El Shammah891/
El Samai8820,456/
El Shama88165/
El Samad8883/
El Samaa885/
El Samat884/
El Samas884/
El Samea881/
El Samay881/
El Shammaah844/
El Shamahas841/
El Shamaa823,806/
El-Samahy82524/
El Samaid82191/
El Sammaa82165/
El Sammad82122/
El Shamea826/
El Sama'a824/
El Shamai821/
El Samaat821/
El Shamas821/
El Samiea821/
El Jama802/
El Shammas782,790/
El Shammaa78221/
El Chammah7810/
El Shaimaa786/
El Shammat783/
El Shammai781/
El-Shammah781/
El Jamai75355/
El-Samad7513/
El Chama759/
El Djama754/
El Jamaï752/
El Samei751/
El Zamaa751/
El Souma751/
El Jamaa751/
El Sammo751/
El Shamo751/
El Shamhout741/
El Samout71535/
El Chamaa71232/
El Jamaai71170/
El-Shamaa71127/
El Zahmaa7195/
El Shouma7146/
El Shamey716/
El Samoud714/
El Chamma713/
El-Sammad712/
El Jammas711/
El-Shammaa67195/
El Zema67172/
El Chammas6753/
El Chaumas671/
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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 Samah
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