Most common surnames in Saudi Arabia

This table shows the 100 most common surnames in Saudi Arabia, ranked by number of bearers. Data comes from official censuses and civil registries.

#	Surname	Bearers	Share
1	Khan	408.298	6.7%
2	Ali	293.012	4.8%
3	Hassan	276.356	4.5%
4	Ahmed	268.502	4.4%
5	Abu	208.076	3.4%
6	Mohamed	200.893	3.3%
7	Saleh	155.149	2.5%
8	Hussain	132.376	2.2%
9	Abdullah	131.508	2.2%
10	Alghamdi	127.798	2.1%
11	Alharbi	119.865	2%
12	Ahmad	109.643	1.8%
13	Saad	89.751	1.5%
14	Salem	80.436	1.3%
15	Alotaibi	75.621	1.2%
16	Khalil	72.779	1.2%
17	Alzahrani	72.661	1.2%
18	Alqahtani	69.661	1.1%
19	Mahmoud	69.464	1.1%
20	Salim	68.319	1.1%
21	Omar	65.517	1.1%
22	Ismail	64.767	1.1%
23	Hussein	63.228	1%
24	Shaikh	60.307	1%
25	Abo	59.242	1%
26	Alshehri	57.877	0.9%
27	Kumar	56.597	0.9%
28	Mansour	56.400	0.9%
29	Alam	56.282	0.9%
30	Awad	56.203	0.9%

31	Malik	55.769	0.9%
32	Taha	55.334	0.9%
33	Osman	51.940	0.8%
34	Siddiqui	50.361	0.8%
35	Al-ghamdi	49.569	0.8%
36	Iqbal	48.664	0.8%
37	Rahman	47.559	0.8%
38	Salah	47.559	0.8%
39	Abbas	47.164	0.8%
40	Kamal	46.494	0.8%
41	Othman	43.691	0.7%
42	Nasser	43.297	0.7%
43	Ansari	43.060	0.7%
44	Saeed	42.310	0.7%
45	Almalki	39.472	0.6%
46	Abdallah	39.034	0.6%
47	Mohammad	39.034	0.6%
48	Alshammari	38.280	0.6%
49	Abdel	37.732	0.6%
50	Yousef	37.692	0.6%
51	Shah	37.140	0.6%
52	Alamri	36.849	0.6%
53	Mousa	36.390	0.6%
54	Shaik	35.956	0.6%
55	Mostafa	35.956	0.6%
56	Soliman	35.877	0.6%
57	Abbasi	35.521	0.6%
58	Hamed	35.127	0.6%
59	Abdulaziz	34.969	0.6%
60	Eid	34.850	0.6%

61	Zain	34.614	0.6%
62	Hamdan	34.219	0.6%
63	Al-harbi	33.669	0.6%
64	Alanazi	33.629	0.5%
65	Sayed	33.548	0.5%
66	Aziz	33.508	0.5%
67	Hadi	33.272	0.5%
68	Syed	32.995	0.5%
69	Suliman	32.561	0.5%
70	Gamal	32.522	0.5%
71	Elsayed	32.403	0.5%
72	Abou	31.890	0.5%
73	Sultan	31.732	0.5%
74	Uddin	31.653	0.5%
75	Khaled	31.535	0.5%
76	Saleem	31.022	0.5%
77	Hashim	31.022	0.5%
78	Salamah	30.926	0.5%
79	Shaheen	30.746	0.5%
80	Zaki	30.627	0.5%
81	Jaber	30.627	0.5%
82	Mir	30.509	0.5%
83	Almutairi	30.449	0.5%
84	Hamad	29.996	0.5%
85	Amer	29.798	0.5%
86	Sam	29.641	0.5%
87	Khalid	29.562	0.5%
88	Anwar	29.325	0.5%
89	Said	29.325	0.5%
90	Mahmood	29.246	0.5%

91	Baig	28.772	0.5%
92	Abdo	28.693	0.5%
93	Alali	28.180	0.5%
94	Maher	28.180	0.5%
95	Al-qahtani	28.104	0.5%
96	Adel	27.904	0.5%
97	Al-zahrani	27.786	0.5%
98	Salman	27.233	0.4%
99	Sami	27.154	0.4%
100	Amin	27.154	0.4%

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FAQs

What are the most common surnames in Saudi Arabia?

According to our official census data, the most common surname in Saudi Arabia is Khan, with 408.298. registered bearers. This table shows the 100 most frequent surnames in the country.

How many different surnames are registered in Saudi Arabia?

Our database contains hundreds of surnames with a presence in Saudi Arabia. This table shows the 100 most frequent.

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