El San Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El San Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El San 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
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

El San Last Name Facts

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

The last name El San is held by more people in Yemen than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

The surname is the 10,311,814th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name El San is primarily found in Asia, where 133 percent of El San are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 67 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname El San is most frequently held in Yemen, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 13,212,647. Besides Yemen this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in El Salvador, where 33 percent are found and Indonesia, where 33 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 Sahn92378/
El Hsan924/
El Samn924/
El Sane922/
El Shan922/
El Shjan864/
El Shhan864/
El Shaan862/
El Hssan861/
El Shant861/
El-san8384/
El Sam838/
El Zan834/
El Son831/
El Shahan802/
El Zain772,541/
El Zant77334/
El Zand77275/
El Zann77183/
El Sham7781/
El-Sahn7721/
El Saim775/
El Hzan774/
El Sohn773/
El Jain773/
El Zian771/
El Jaan771/
El Zaan771/
El Jane771/
El Shaytin754/
El Shateen751/
El Shoun71143/
El Samth71122/
El Janne714/
El Chain712/
El Jaaan711/
El Chaan711/
El Zen679/
El Jam675/
El Zateen673/
El-Jan673/
El Chaine672/
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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 San
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