El Shehab Surname
Approximately 7,759 people bear this surname
El Shehab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 2,486 | 1:10,630 | 1,310 |
| Syria | 2,092 | 1:9,226 | 861 |
| Jordan | 1,608 | 1:5,499 | 1,108 |
| Kuwait | 1,022 | 1:3,719 | 493 |
| Lebanon | 402 | 1:14,023 | 1,951 |
| United Arab Emirates | 106 | 1:86,437 | 7,875 |
| Oman | 26 | 1:141,845 | 3,367 |
| Palestine | 13 | 1:349,911 | 11,386 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
El Shehab Demographics
El Shehab Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
El Shehab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Shehab Come From? nationality or country of origin
El Shehab is most common in Yemen. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name El Shehab? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 64,485th most frequent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 939,238 people. The surname El Shehab occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Shehab live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 53 percent live in Levant.
The last name El Shehab is most commonly held in Yemen, where it is borne by 2,486 people, or 1 in 10,630. In Yemen El Shehab is most numerous in: Ibb Governorate, where 84 percent are found, Taiz Governorate, where 9 percent are found and Sana'a Governorate, where 3 percent are found. Barring Yemen El Shehab is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 27 percent are found and Jordan, where 21 percent are found.
El Shehab Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the El Shehab surname is primarily Sunni (98%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Sehab | 94 | 1 | / |
| El Chehab | 89 | 9 | / |
| El Sihab | 82 | 1,129 | / |
| El Shaib | 82 | 4 | / |
| El Shaeb | 82 | 4 | / |
| El Shayeb | 78 | 840 | / |
| El Shaiab | 78 | 4 | / |
| El Shaieb | 78 | 1 | / |
| El Saib | 75 | 9 | / |
| El-Shayb | 71 | 9 | / |
| El-Shaib | 71 | 4 | / |
| El Sayeb | 71 | 4 | / |
| El Chaib | 71 | 2 | / |
| El Shayp | 71 | 1 | / |
| El Shoub | 71 | 1 | / |
| El-Shayeb | 67 | 591 | / |
| El-Shaieb | 67 | 135 | / |
| El Chayeb | 67 | 17 | / |
| El Sayoub | 67 | 4 | / |
| El Saiv | 63 | 1 | / |
| El-Shayp | 59 | 4 | / |
| El-Chayeb | 56 | 19 | / |
| El-Ssayib | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Shehab
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