El Tounsi Surname

917,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 289 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tunisia
Highest density in:
Tunisia

El Tounsi Surname User-submission:

This name might be related to the Arabic word التونسي and mean 'Tunisia'.

El Tounsi 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
Tunisia1661:3,678552
Jordan871:101,6377,122
Palestine271:168,4768,634
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Tounsi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This name might be related to the Arabic word التونسي and mean 'Tunisia'.

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El Tounsi Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Tounsi is carried by more people in Tunisia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

This surname is the 917,199th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 25,216,422 people. El Tounsi occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of El Tounsi are found; 59 percent are found in North Africa and 58 percent are found in Mahgreb.

The surname is most prevalent in Tunisia, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 3,678. Excluding Tunisia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 30 percent live and Palestine, where 9 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 Tonsi94185/
El Tunsi944/
El Tounji894/
El Tounsy894/
El-Tounsi891/
El Tonsy82519/
El-Toïnsi781/
El Tawensi741/
El-Tonsy71402/
El Tanji7155/
El Tumsheh635/
El Tawensy631/
El-Tanji594/
El Tamji591/
El Tanger564/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Tounsi
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