El Samman Surname

70,920th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,968 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Samman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Samman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen3,3291:7,9381,051
Syria1,2021:16,0571,251
Egypt9461:97,1848,316
Lebanon4021:14,0231,951
Jordan3801:23,2703,258
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Kuwait1741:21,8432,878
Palestine1221:37,2864,474
United Arab Emirates1151:79,6727,295
Iraq471:745,14210,632
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

El Samman Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Samman is more commonly found in Yemen than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

The surname El Samman is the 70,920th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 1,045,859 people. The last name El Samman is mostly found in Asia, where 86 percent of El Samman reside; 86 percent reside in West Asia and 55 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

It is most frequently used in Yemen, where it is borne by 3,329 people, or 1 in 7,938. In Yemen it is most common in: Ibb Governorate, where 27 percent live, Al Mahwit Governorate, where 26 percent live and Amanat Al Asimah, where 13 percent live. Besides Yemen this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 17 percent live and Egypt, where 14 percent live.

El Samman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the El Samman surname is chiefly Sunni (91%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Saman941,508/
El Samhan89738/
El-Samman89643/
El Samaan89403/
El Seaman8927/
El Semman897/
El Samant891/
El Shammam84526/
El Zaman821,936/
El-Saman82428/
El Samam821/
El Seman821/
El Samoun788/
El-Samaan782/
El Zamanq781/
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 Samman
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