El Sawan Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

El Sawan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Sawan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Sawan Last Name Facts

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

El Sawan is found most frequently in Egypt. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

This surname is the 7,117,718th most widespread last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. El Sawan occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of El Sawan live; 57 percent live in North Africa and 57 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

El Sawan is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 22,983,938. Outside of Egypt it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 29 percent are found and Yemen, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Sawane941/
El Saban88155/
El-Sawan881/
El Shaban82183/
El Sabain829/
El Sabayn821/
El Shabaan782/
El-Shahwan781/
El-Saban75155/
El Zawam754/
El-Sawam754/
El Šaban751/
El Zayban713/
El Jowain711/
El-Shabaan674/
El-Shaaban671/

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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 Sawan
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