El Seyyed Surname

586,691st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 533 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Jordan

El Seyyed Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Seyyed 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
Jordan4961:17,8272,756
Palestine161:284,30310,570
Tunisia51:122,12516,050
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372

El Seyyed Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Seyyed is found most frequently in Jordan. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

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

El Seyyed is the 586,691st most frequently held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 13,672,694 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of El Seyyed reside; 99 percent reside in West Asia and 98 percent reside in Levant.

It is most commonly held in Jordan, where it is borne by 496 people, or 1 in 17,827. In Jordan El Seyyed is primarily found in: Amman Governorate, where 74 percent reside, Irbid Governorate, where 23 percent reside and Zarqa Governorate, where 2 percent reside. Beside Jordan this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Palestine, where 3 percent reside and Tunisia, where 1 percent reside.

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 Sayyed89237/
El Syed88371/
El Saeed823,399/
El-Sayyed78219/
El Sayeed78183/
El Sayyid78124/
El Sayied789/
El Seyahy786/
El Sayaed781/
El Zayyed781/
El Saed75946/
El-Syed7514/
El Saey7510/
El Sied759/
El Jyed754/
El Saye752/
El Saee751/
El-Saeed712,343/
El Saeid71492/
El Saaed71303/
El Saaey7160/
El Shaed714/
El Sawey711/
El Sehey711/
El Saïed711/
El Shahed672,026/
El Shaegy67815/
El Saheeh67184/
El-Sayyid6711/
El-Saieed674/
El-Sa'eed674/
El Shehey672/
El-Sayied671/
El-Sayeed671/
El-Saheed671/
El Sahegy671/
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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 Seyyed
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