El Shoun Surname

1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Jordan

El Shoun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Shoun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jordan821:107,8357,304
Iraq581:603,8229,381
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773

El Shoun Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Shoun occurs most in Jordan. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

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

The surname is the 1,478,479th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,961,860 people. The surname El Shoun occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Shoun are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 98 percent are found in Levant.

The surname El Shoun is most frequently held in Jordan, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 107,835. In Jordan it is primarily found in: Zarqa Governorate, where 50 percent live, Amman Governorate, where 43 percent live and Balqa Governorate, where 6 percent live. Apart from Jordan this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 41 percent live and Yemen, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Shoum88376/
El Son861/
El Schouten841/
El Soujan8250/
El Shujan824/
El Sahn80378/
El Sohn803/
El Zoun803/
El Shan802/
El Sheen75904/
El Shhan754/
El Shaan752/
El Hshum751/
El Shant751/
El Sehan751/
El Shajan71397/
El Zun719/
El Sum714/
El San713/
El Shehan712/
El Shahan712/
El Sham6781/
El-Sahn6721/
El Hzan674/
El Hsan674/
El Shaytin674/
El Samn674/
El Sane672/
El Shateen671/

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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 Shoun
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