El Shehada Surname

97,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,858 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

El Shehada Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Shehada Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria3,9421:4,896549
Jordan6581:13,4382,280
Lebanon2441:23,1032,655
Palestine91:505,42812,843
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

El Shehada Last Name Facts

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

El Shehada occurs in Syria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of El Shehada click here.

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

The surname is the 97,669th most frequent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,500,112 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Shehada reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 100 percent reside in Levant.

This surname is most frequent in Syria, where it is borne by 3,942 people, or 1 in 4,896. In Syria El Shehada is mostly concentrated in: Aleppo Governorate, where 88 percent reside, Homs Governorate, where 12 percent reside and Rif Dimashq Governorate, where 0 percent reside. Other than Syria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 14 percent reside and Lebanon, where 5 percent reside.

El Shehada Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the El Shehada surname is predominantly Sunni (94%) 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 Shehada
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