El Senoussi Surname

534,813th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 603 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Tunisia

El Senoussi Surname User-submission:

This is a surname from Lybia. It means 'the one who comes from the Senouss', which is a region in Lybia. It was the name of the Lybian dynasty until the 1969 coup.

El Senoussi 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
Egypt2751:334,31221,412
Lebanon1351:41,7563,774
Tunisia881:6,9391,156
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Jordan281:315,80111,232
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
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El Senoussi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is a surname from Lybia. It means 'the one who comes from the Senouss', which is a region in Lybia. It was the name of the Lybian dynasty until the 1969 coup.

- ms.senouci
DNA test information
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Senoussi Demographics

El Senoussi Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 69 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Senoussi Last Name Facts

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

El Senoussi occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

El Senoussi is the 534,813th most commonly used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 12,085,482 people. El Senoussi occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of El Senoussi reside; 60 percent reside in North Africa and 46 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is held by 275 people, or 1 in 334,312. Beside Egypt it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Lebanon, where 22 percent reside and Tunisia, where 15 percent reside.

El Senoussi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the El Senoussi last name is primarily Sunni (99%) in Lebanon.

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 Senussi9510/
El Senousi953/
El Senossi951/
El Senoussy91154/
El Sinoussi915/
El-Senoussi912/
El Senousy86252/
El-Senousi861/
El-Senoussy821/
El Senosy80734/
El Senusy804/
El Senose801/
El-Senousy7611/
El Senosey761/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Senoussi
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