El Yunis Surname

93,206th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

El Yunis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Yunis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria3,7711:5,118572
Jordan1,0301:8,5851,631
Kuwait1351:28,1533,584
Lebanon951:59,3384,571
Palestine601:75,8146,193
Iraq261:1,346,98715,017
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Yunis Last Name Facts

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

El Yunis is most common in Syria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

El Yunis is the 93,206th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,422,793 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Yunis are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 97 percent are found in Levant.

This last name is most numerous in Syria, where it is held by 3,771 people, or 1 in 5,118. In Syria it is mostly found in: Aleppo Governorate, where 47 percent reside, Homs Governorate, where 36 percent reside and Damascus Governorate, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Syria this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 20 percent reside and Kuwait, where 3 percent reside.

El Yunis Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Sunni (83%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Younes82122/
El Junais829/
El Oyouni825/
El-Younis824/
El Aayouni784/
El Youness781/
El Jouni75594/
El Junoi752/
El Jouneid6746/
El Junh679/
El Jounieh671/
El Jones632/
El-Jauni631/
El-Junaid591/
El-Jouneid566/
El Jonhy50147/
El-Eouny504/
El-Jones501/

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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 Yunis
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