Most common surnames in Oman

The 100 surnames with the most bearers in Oman

Gawas
#1
1.026.008
bearers (top 100)
100
surnames
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This table shows the 100 most common surnames in Oman, ranked by number of bearers. Data comes from official censuses and civil registries.

Al balushi
59.592
2
Gawas
79.115
1
Kumar
54.341
3
# Surname Bearers Share
1 Gawas 79.115
7.7%
2 Al balushi 59.592
5.8%
3 Kumar 54.341
5.3%
4 Araba 40.590
4%
5 Khan 35.414
3.5%
6 Balochia 33.234
3.2%
7 Thani 33.174
3.2%
8 Ali 28.299
2.8%
9 Farsi 26.117
2.5%
10 Nair 22.277
2.2%
11 Ahmed 22.023
2.1%
12 Singh 17.417
1.7%
13 El amery 17.305
1.7%
14 Mathew 15.446
1.5%
15 Hussain 14.430
1.4%
16 Amerieh 14.209
1.4%
17 Saadia 13.232
1.3%
18 Salim 13.040
1.3%
19 Alawi 12.144
1.2%
20 Varghese 11.589
1.1%
21 Albalushi 10.409
1%
22 Hashemi 10.263
1%
23 Saeed 9.895
1%
24 Pillai 9.681
0.9%
25 Saeedi 9.426
0.9%
26 Babu 9.327
0.9%
27 Abdul latif 9.028
0.9%
28 Menon 8.934
0.9%
29 Shaikh 8.898
0.9%
30 Raj 8.807
0.9%
31 Sharma 8.294
0.8%
32 Shah 8.151
0.8%
33 Mohamed 7.746
0.8%
34 Krishnan 7.741
0.8%
35 Badia 7.734
0.8%
36 Al hinai 7.652
0.7%
37 Al-zadjali 7.335
0.7%
38 Al jaafari 7.226
0.7%
39 Al arimiyah 7.081
0.7%
40 Shetty 6.894
0.7%
41 Harthy 6.489
0.6%
42 Rajan 6.484
0.6%
43 Sajwani 6.469
0.6%
44 Patel 6.373
0.6%
45 Al mukhini 6.260
0.6%
46 Al-balushi 6.255
0.6%
47 Das 6.204
0.6%
48 Cotton 6.065
0.6%
49 Mohan 6.063
0.6%
50 Malik 5.942
0.6%
51 Al kaabi 5.824
0.6%
52 Rao 5.754
0.6%
53 Al lawati 5.720
0.6%
54 Alam 5.708
0.6%
55 Al jabri 5.591
0.5%
56 Al busaidi 5.569
0.5%
57 Al-mukhneia 5.512
0.5%
58 Al harthy 5.492
0.5%
59 Aljafaria 5.490
0.5%
60 Omar 5.434
0.5%
61 Balushi 5.320
0.5%
62 Sultan 5.304
0.5%
63 Ahmad 5.286
0.5%
64 Abbas 5.107
0.5%
65 Sirai 5.008
0.5%
66 Dsouza 4.901
0.5%
67 Hendasy 4.775
0.5%
68 Narayanan 4.755
0.5%
69 Hassan 4.741
0.5%
70 Rashid 4.712
0.5%
71 Habsi 4.691
0.5%
72 Rana 4.655
0.5%
73 Al-zadjalieh 4.503
0.4%
74 Said 4.454
0.4%
75 Al wahibi 4.453
0.4%
76 Prasad 4.425
0.4%
77 Al sananieh 4.416
0.4%
78 Iqbal 4.372
0.4%
79 Baqir 4.370
0.4%
80 Ansari 4.366
0.4%
81 Chandran 4.349
0.4%
82 Al ghilani 4.332
0.4%
83 Gupta 4.276
0.4%
84 Fadel 4.255
0.4%
85 Mahmood 4.187
0.4%
86 Alabri 4.175
0.4%
87 Rahman 4.001
0.4%
88 Al rawahi 3.985
0.4%
89 Al sayabi 3.937
0.4%
90 Albusaidi 3.900
0.4%
91 Al-lawati 3.888
0.4%
92 Nambiar 3.863
0.4%
93 Shaik 3.845
0.4%
94 Mehta 3.830
0.4%
95 Alzadjali 3.807
0.4%
96 Joshi 3.765
0.4%
97 Paul 3.717
0.4%
98 Abdullah 3.700
0.4%
99 Alamri 3.697
0.4%
100 Naciri 3.677
0.4%
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FAQs

What are the most common surnames in Oman?
According to our official census data, the most common surname in Oman is Gawas, with 79.115. registered bearers. This table shows the 100 most frequent surnames in the country.
How many different surnames are registered in Oman?
Our database contains hundreds of surnames with a presence in Oman. This table shows the 100 most frequent.
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