El Sawani Surname

1,076,574th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 230 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Sawani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Sawani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen2081:127,0456,860
Lebanon211:268,4339,626
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

El Sawani Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Sawani occurs most in Yemen. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name is the 1,076,574th most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 31,684,982 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Sawani reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 90 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

El Sawani is most commonly held in Yemen, where it is carried by 208 people, or 1 in 127,045. In Yemen El Sawani is primarily found in: Taiz Governorate, where 94 percent are found, Sana'a Governorate, where 5 percent are found and Aden Governorate, where 0 percent are found. Aside from Yemen it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Lebanon, where 9 percent are found and Syria, where 0 percent are found.

El Sawani Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the El Sawani last name is predominantly Shiite (96%) in Lebanon.

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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 Sawani
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