El Samel Surname

933,049th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 282 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Samel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Samel 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
Yemen2371:111,4996,415
Jordan441:200,9649,465
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

El Samel Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Samel has its highest incidence in Yemen. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

This last name is the 933,049th most commonly held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 25,842,361 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Samel live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 84 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname El Samel is most commonly used in Yemen, where it is carried by 237 people, or 1 in 111,499. In Yemen it is most numerous in: Ma'rib Governorate, where 70 percent reside, Dhale Governorate, where 29 percent reside and Sana'a Governorate, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Yemen this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 16 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 Camel8867/
El Zamel8855/
El Jamel8813/
El Giamel824/
El Jameel821/
El Djamel821/
El Jaml802/
El Jamil75197/
El Zamil7515/
El Camil754/
El-Zamel752/
El-Jamel752/
El-Jamil6314/
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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 Samel
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