El Yateem Surname

100,155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,719 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Yateem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Yateem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen3,5411:7,463994
United Arab Emirates7171:12,7791,585
Palestine2691:16,9102,879
Kuwait961:39,5914,718
Syria731:264,3984,341
Tunisia191:32,1384,775
Lebanon41:1,409,27119,641

El Yateem Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Yateem is found in Yemen more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

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

It is the 100,155th most numerous last name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,544,299 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Yateem are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 92 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name El Yateem is most commonly occurring in Yemen, where it is held by 3,541 people, or 1 in 7,463. In Yemen it is primarily found in: 'Amran Governorate, where 54 percent reside, Hajjah Governorate, where 12 percent reside and Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Yemen this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 15 percent reside and Palestine, where 6 percent reside.

El Yateem Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Greek Orthodox (100%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El-Yateem893/
El Jateem891/
El Yatim82916/
El-Yatem821/
El Yam807/
El Yatime7814/
El Yassem788/
El Yamh754/
El Ayyam714/
El Hyane714/
El Yasen711/
El-Yatim711/
El-Yam6711/
El Jam675/
El Jassem673/

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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 Yateem
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