El Sammak Surname

200,223rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,085 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Palestine

El Sammak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Sammak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jordan7151:12,3672,157
Palestine4351:10,4572,072
Egypt3661:251,19117,305
Kuwait2411:15,7712,101
Lebanon1891:29,8263,098
Syria851:227,0714,149
United Arab Emirates441:208,23314,206
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

El Sammak Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Sammak is found in Jordan more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

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

The surname is the 200,223rd most frequent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,495,226 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 82 percent of El Sammak are found; 82 percent are found in West Asia and 68 percent are found in Levant.

El Sammak is most frequently used in Jordan, where it is held by 715 people, or 1 in 12,367. In Jordan El Sammak is most common in: Amman Governorate, where 69 percent live, Zarqa Governorate, where 30 percent live and Madaba Governorate, where 1 percent live. Not including Jordan it occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Palestine, where 21 percent live and Egypt, where 18 percent live.

El Sammak Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the El Sammak surname is predominantly Sunni (82%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Samak94245/
El-Sammak89219/
El Samaak894/
El Samakk891/
El Shammag842/
El Shamakh841/
El Samag8233/
El-Samak821/
El-Shamak781/
El Samouq671/

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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 Sammak
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