El Samawy Surname

1,140,742nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 211 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Samawy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Samawy 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
Yemen2091:126,4376,839
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

El Samawy Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Samawy occurs in Yemen more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

The last name is the 1,140,742nd most frequently used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 34,538,132 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Samawy live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 99 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Yemen, where it is borne by 209 people, or 1 in 126,437. In Yemen it is primarily found in: Ibb Governorate, where 97 percent reside and Sana'a Governorate, where 3 percent reside. Besides Yemen El Samawy is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Lebanon, where 0 percent reside and Syria, 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 Samhawy951/
El Sammawy951/
El Shahmawy904/
El Shaimawy901/
El Samawe894/
El Samawi893/
El Sahmawi84366/
El Shomawy84216/
El Sehmawy849/
El Samaweed802/
El Shhamaby801/
El-Samawi787/
El Sehmawi741/
El-Sehmawy741/
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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 Samawy
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