El Yam Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
El Yam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
El Yam (21) may also be a first name.
El Yam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Yam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname El Yam is borne by more people in The United Arab Emirates than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name El Yam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,117,718th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name El Yam is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of El Yam live; 86 percent live in West Asia and 71 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequent given name at a global level, held by 21 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The United Arab Emirates, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 2,290,568. Excluding The United Arab Emirates it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 14 percent reside and Morocco, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Yamh | 92 | 4 | / |
| El Yatim | 86 | 916 | / |
| El Ayyam | 86 | 4 | / |
| El-Yam | 83 | 11 | / |
| El Jam | 83 | 5 | / |
| El Yateem | 80 | 4,719 | / |
| El Yassem | 80 | 8 | / |
| El Jamh | 77 | 122 | / |
| El Jaam | 77 | 4 | / |
| El Yomn | 77 | 1 | / |
| El Hiam | 77 | 1 | / |
| El Yasin | 71 | 26 | / |
| El Hyane | 71 | 4 | / |
| El Hijam | 71 | 4 | / |
| El Yasen | 71 | 1 | / |
| El Jamhh | 71 | 1 | / |
| El-Yatim | 71 | 1 | / |
| El Ayyan | 71 | 1 | / |
| El-Yatem | 71 | 1 | / |
| El Ajham | 71 | 1 | / |
| El Jasim | 71 | 1 | / |
| El Hajjam | 67 | 2,313 | / |
| El Yassin | 67 | 326 | / |
| El Gaiyan | 67 | 286 | / |
| El Hayyan | 67 | 4 | / |
| El Jassem | 67 | 3 | / |
| El-Yateem | 67 | 3 | / |
| El-Jam | 67 | 1 | / |
| El Jateem | 67 | 1 | / |
| El Haijam | 67 | 1 | / |
| El Jassim | 67 | 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
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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 Yam
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