El Shish Surname

452,985th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 749 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Jordan

El Shish Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Shish 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
Jordan5331:16,5902,644
United Arab Emirates1661:55,1945,397
Palestine471:96,7846,858
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Shish Last Name Facts

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

El Shish is carried by more people in Jordan than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

The last name El Shish is the 452,985th most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 9,729,701 people. El Shish is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Shish live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 78 percent live in Levant.

El Shish is most commonly occurring in Jordan, where it is held by 533 people, or 1 in 16,590. In Jordan El Shish is primarily concentrated in: Balqa Governorate, where 46 percent reside, Amman Governorate, where 22 percent reside and Madaba Governorate, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Jordan this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 22 percent reside and Palestine, where 6 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 Shih9316/
El Sis861/
El Shit80135/
El Shie8015/
El Sais804/
El Siss802/
El Sheh801/
El Si7715/
El Shuha75275/
El Shuit7511/
El Shaia757/
El Shijj754/
El Shaij754/
El Shays752/
El Shech751/
El Sahie751/
El Shahy751/
El Saheeh71184/
El Sai71154/
El Sid71147/
El Shouhy7118/
El Cheixh716/
El Cheich711/
El Sit711/
El Said6730,301/
El Sahy67402/
El Sidh67214/
El Sher67182/
El Saha67122/
El Chai6775/
El Shaa6744/
El Shoa6736/
El Sied679/
El Shed679/
El-Scheich679/
El Sitt676/
El Seid675/
El Shehehy674/
El Sese674/
El Shay674/
El Saih674/
El Says674/
El-Siss672/
El Shahaid671/
El Shey671/
El Sohy671/
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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 Shish
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