El Zaman Surname

212,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,936 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Zaman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Zaman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen1,5501:17,0491,868
United Arab Emirates1841:49,7954,996
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

El Zaman (717) may also be a first name.

El Zaman Last Name Facts

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

El Zaman has its highest incidence in Yemen. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

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

It is the 212,696th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 3,764,228 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of El Zaman live; 94 percent live in West Asia and 94 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. El Zaman is also the 308,274th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, held by 717 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Yemen, where it is held by 1,550 people, or 1 in 17,049. In Yemen El Zaman is most frequent in: Ibb Governorate, where 85 percent live, Taiz Governorate, where 11 percent live and Sana'a Governorate, where 3 percent live. Apart from Yemen El Zaman is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 10 percent live and Egypt, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Zamanq941/
El Saman881,508/
El Samman826,968/
El Samhan82738/
El Samaan82403/
El Zouman82164/
El Seaman8227/
El Zhamam824/
El Zeyman821/
El Samant821/
El-Saman75428/
El Joman754/
El Seman751/
El Samam751/
El-Samman71643/
El Samoun718/
El Semman717/
El-Samaan712/
El Shammam67526/
El-Djouman561/

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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 Zaman
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