El Zayat Surname

105,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,453 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El Zayat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Zayat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2,5021:36,7453,820
Jordan6671:13,2572,252
Lebanon6611:8,5281,321
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Kuwait1451:26,2123,463
Syria961:201,0524,021
Palestine911:49,9875,102
Tunisia191:32,1384,775
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
England21:27,859,030389,889
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
France11:66,422,722504,397
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432

El Zayat Last Name Facts

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

El Zayat is found most frequently in Egypt. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of El Zayat.

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

The last name is the 105,200th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,636,547 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of El Zayat are found; 57 percent are found in North Africa and 56 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

The last name El Zayat is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is held by 2,502 people, or 1 in 36,745. Other than Egypt it is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 15 percent are found and Lebanon, where 15 percent are found.

El Zayat Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the El Zayat last name is chiefly Sunni (57%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Zayatt941/
El Zayt93397/
El-Zayat881,798/
El Zaiat889/
El Zayet882/
El Ziyat881/
El Sayat881/
El Zaa862/
El Zay861/
El Shayat82124/
El Zayout821/
El Zait8017/
El Zeat809/
El Zayy804/
El Zahy801/
El Saya801/
El Zaha801/
El Jaya801/
El Sayad759,013/
El Zayed75219/
El Sayah7524/
El Zayeh752/
El Sayet751/
El Jayah751/
El Jay71255/
El Ssayad711/
El Zayeed711/
El Say711/
El Chayad711/
El Zayheh711/
El Zai711/
El Sayd671,022/
El Sahy67402/
El Jayh67153/
El Jayi67146/
El Zaid6714/
El Zauh674/
El Saye672/
El Zawe671/
El Jahy671/
El Seya671/
El Sayy671/
El-Zaia671/

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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 Zayat
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