El Waz Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
El Waz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 126 | 1:44,739 | 3,901 |
| Syria | 15 | 1:1,286,735 | 7,466 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
El Waz (14) may also be a first name.
El Waz Demographics
El Waz Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
El Waz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Waz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname El Waz occurs in Lebanon more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of El Waz.
How Common Is The Last Name El Waz? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,484,726th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Waz are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 99 percent are found in Levant. El Waz is also the 3,024,661st most common first name world-wide It is held by 14 people.
The surname is most widespread in Lebanon, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 44,739. In Lebanon it is primarily concentrated in: Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, where 58 percent live, Beqaa Governorate, where 25 percent live and Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 9 percent live. Beside Lebanon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Syria, where 11 percent live and Yemen, where 1 percent live.
El Waz Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the El Waz last name is principally Shiite (90%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Waiz | 92 | 122 | / |
| El Baz | 83 | 18,540 | / |
| El Waj | 83 | 33 | / |
| El Vaz | 83 | 1 | / |
| El Wass | 77 | 1,733 | / |
| El Bazz | 77 | 10 | / |
| El Wouz | 77 | 9 | / |
| El Wash | 77 | 2 | / |
| El Baiz | 77 | 1 | / |
| El Wahsh | 71 | 5,984 | / |
| El Hwais | 71 | 13 | / |
| El-Baz | 67 | 3,302 | / |
| El Boz | 67 | 171 | / |
| El Wahash | 67 | 1 | / |
| El Bas | 67 | 1 | / |
| El Bass | 62 | 1,495 | / |
| El Bach | 62 | 344 | / |
| El Bouz | 62 | 314 | / |
| El Bajs | 62 | 122 | / |
| El Uats | 62 | 122 | / |
| El Bash | 62 | 5 | / |
| El-Baaz | 62 | 4 | / |
| El Booz | 62 | 4 | / |
| El Bahs | 62 | 1 | / |
| El Batsh | 57 | 580 | / |
| El-Wahsh | 57 | 278 | / |
| El Baash | 57 | 43 | / |
| El Bahas | 57 | 29 | / |
| El Uahsh | 57 | 4 | / |
| El-Wayss | 57 | 1 | / |
| El Weiss | 57 | 1 | / |
| El Bashsh | 53 | 275 | / |
| El Weisse | 53 | 3 | / |
| El Ouhadj | 53 | 1 | / |
| El Bos | 50 | 5 | / |
| El Vos | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Waz
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