El Wad Surname

334,641st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Tunisia

El Wad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Wad 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
Egypt1,0681:86,0827,577
Tunisia151:40,7085,720
Syria91:2,144,5589,551
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

El Wad (1,704) may also be a first name.

El Wad Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Wad occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

The last name El Wad is the 334,641st most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 6,607,023 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of El Wad reside; 98 percent reside in North Africa and 97 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 186,130th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,704 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is held by 1,068 people, or 1 in 86,082. Excluding Egypt this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Tunisia, where 1 percent live and Syria, where 1 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 Wahd924/
El Wadd924/
El Waid921/
El Wahad861/
El Vad837/
El Baid771,281/
El Wagy774/
El Baad773/
El What772/
El Vaid772/
El Hwait71244/
El Wahat716/
El Bahad711/
El Wahgy711/
El Baidh711/
El Wahaat671/
El Bat671/
El Bayt62275/
El Beid62146/
El Uats62122/
El Bait6216/
El Vath6211/
El Batt627/
El Boud626/
El Baht621/
El Bath621/
El Bahat57138/
El Bahth57122/
El Beidh5780/
El Beydh574/
El Vathe571/
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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 Wad
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