El Zahab Surname

1,194,481st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kuwait
Highest density in:
Kuwait

El Zahab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Zahab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kuwait1451:26,2123,463
United Arab Emirates331:277,64519,302
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Lebanon41:1,409,27119,641
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Zahab Last Name Facts

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

El Zahab is most common in Kuwait. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of El Zahab click here.

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

The last name El Zahab is the 1,194,481st most frequently used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. El Zahab is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of El Zahab reside; 93 percent reside in West Asia and 91 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name El Zahab is most prevalent in Kuwait, where it is borne by 145 people, or 1 in 26,212. Aside from Kuwait it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 17 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.

El Zahab Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the El Zahab surname is primarily Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Zaab937/
El-Zahab885/
El Zab86155/
El Chahab821/
El Chab8031/
El Hzab804/
El Chhab754/
El Chaib752/
El Ch'hab711/
El-Chab674/

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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 Zahab
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