El Sir Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sudan
Highest density in:
Sudan

El Sir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Sir 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
Sudan491:765,5142,614
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El Sir Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Sir occurs in Sudan more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

El Sir is the 2,661,929th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of El Sir are found; 92 percent are found in North Africa and 92 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

The last name El Sir is most commonly occurring in Sudan, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 765,514. Aside from Sudan this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 2 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 2 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 Sair9222/
El Shair86452/
El Sitrh869/
El Ser83442/
El-Sir835/
El Zir834/
El Gir831/
El Zirr77275/
El Sher77182/
El Jair77136/
El Jisr7712/
El Zeir773/
El Djir772/
El Zair771/
El-Shair7113/
El Sjayr714/
El Seher714/
El Chair713/
El Shear711/
El Zaire711/
El Chaair675/
El Jer672/
El Zyr671/
El Zeer621,862/
El-Jisr621/
El Gere621/
El-Shear571/
El-Chair571/
El Jeard571/
El-Zyr501/
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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 Sir
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