El Shijj Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El Shijj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Shijj 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
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

El Shijj Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Shijj is carried by more people in Yemen than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of El Shijj click here.

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

El Shijj is the 8,968,613th most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname El Shijj is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Shijj live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 50 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Yemen, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 13,212,647. Not including Yemen this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Lebanon, where 25 percent live and Syria, where 25 percent live.

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 Shaij884/
El Shja80275/
El Shit80135/
El Shih8016/
El Shie8015/
El Si7715/
El Shish75749/
El Shaji75305/
El Sijai75275/
El Saihi75153/
El Shihy75126/
El Shuit7511/
El Cheij7510/
El Sajji759/
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El Shyih754/
El Siaji754/
El Shiha751/
El Seiji751/
El Sahia751/
El Shihi751/
El Sahie751/
El Saj711,400/
El Sai71154/
El Sid71147/
El Sit711/
El Sis711/
El Sahaji711/
El Shehia711/
El Said6730,301/
El Sisi672,349/
El Sisy671,045/
El Sahy67402/
El Sidh67214/
El Sher67182/
El Saha67122/
El Chai6775/
El Shaa6744/
El Shoa6736/
El Saie6710/
El Sied679/
El Siid679/
El Shed679/
El Saji677/
El Sitt676/
El Seid675/
El Saih674/
El Shay674/
El Sais674/
El Siha674/
El Siss672/
El Shey671/
El Saio671/
El Seia671/
El Sesi671/
El Shahaid671/
El Siyi671/
El Sihy671/
El Sohy671/
El Chej671/
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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 Shijj
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