Most common surnames in United Arab Emirates

The 100 surnames with the most bearers in United Arab Emirates

Ali
#1
3.089.876
bearers (top 100)
100
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This table shows the 100 most common surnames in United Arab Emirates, ranked by number of bearers. Data comes from official censuses and civil registries.

Ahmed
192.864
2
Ali
331.816
1
Khan
174.391
3
# Surname Bearers Share
1 Ali 331.816
10.7%
2 Ahmed 192.864
6.2%
3 Khan 174.391
5.6%
4 Al shehhi 135.999
4.4%
5 Kumar 89.500
2.9%
6 Al zaabi 78.018
2.5%
7 Saeed 76.379
2.5%
8 Al mansouri 75.238
2.4%
9 Mohamed 67.196
2.2%
10 Al shamsi 59.905
1.9%
11 Rashid 56.385
1.8%
12 Hussain 51.158
1.7%
13 Allah 50.795
1.6%
14 Nair 48.856
1.6%
15 Singh 41.800
1.4%
16 Salim 39.890
1.3%
17 Al balushi 35.406
1.1%
18 Ibrahim 34.573
1.1%
19 Malik 34.446
1.1%
20 Mathew 33.057
1.1%
21 Shah 32.549
1.1%
22 Al mazroui 32.023
1%
23 Al zaheri 31.434
1%
24 Abbas 30.887
1%
25 El sewedy 30.715
1%
26 Shaikh 29.498
1%
27 Ahmad 28.611
0.9%
28 El amery 28.448
0.9%
29 Al habsi 27.791
0.9%
30 Al muhairi 27.360
0.9%
31 El kutby 27.073
0.9%
32 Al mazrouei 26.606
0.9%
33 Varghese 26.181
0.8%
34 El kaaby 25.060
0.8%
35 Hassan 24.603
0.8%
36 Hanafi 23.503
0.8%
37 Al qasimi 23.409
0.8%
38 Al nuaimi 22.391
0.7%
39 Iqbal 21.936
0.7%
40 Al naimi 21.352
0.7%
41 Rahman 21.183
0.7%
42 Rao 20.872
0.7%
43 Abdullah 20.850
0.7%
44 Hajar 20.611
0.7%
45 Dsouza 19.946
0.6%
46 Al taniji 19.367
0.6%
47 Babu 19.289
0.6%
48 Al khatiri 18.681
0.6%
49 Mohammed 18.285
0.6%
50 Raj 18.092
0.6%
51 Sharma 17.941
0.6%
52 Aloam 17.925
0.6%
53 Sultan 17.652
0.6%
54 Alam 17.517
0.6%
55 Menon 17.387
0.6%
56 Shetty 16.232
0.5%
57 El nekby 16.120
0.5%
58 Krishnan 15.645
0.5%
59 Murad 15.395
0.5%
60 Hussein 15.319
0.5%
61 Pillai 15.235
0.5%
62 Al shihi 15.024
0.5%
63 Sheikh 14.493
0.5%
64 Suleiman 14.396
0.5%
65 Siddiqui 13.526
0.4%
66 Al qubaisi 13.044
0.4%
67 Ahamed 12.957
0.4%
68 Salem 12.883
0.4%
69 Al rumaithi 12.609
0.4%
70 Khamis 12.578
0.4%
71 George 12.517
0.4%
72 Das 12.446
0.4%
73 Mia 12.347
0.4%
74 Ansari 12.314
0.4%
75 Anwar 12.276
0.4%
76 Raza 12.198
0.4%
77 M 12.149
0.4%
78 Amin 12.043
0.4%
79 Abdul 11.896
0.4%
80 Rajan 11.773
0.4%
81 Ramadan 11.709
0.4%
82 Thani 11.678
0.4%
83 Mahmood 11.322
0.4%
84 Saleem 11.275
0.4%
85 D'souza 11.189
0.4%
86 Hameed 11.182
0.4%
87 Rehman 11.176
0.4%
88 Sam 11.108
0.4%
89 Mirza 11.015
0.4%
90 Mohan 10.991
0.4%
91 Ashraf 10.982
0.4%
92 Aziz 10.890
0.4%
93 Patel 10.863
0.4%
94 Islam 10.724
0.3%
95 El nayady 10.716
0.3%
96 John 10.309
0.3%
97 Bhatia 10.267
0.3%
98 Rahma 10.204
0.3%
99 Bashir 10.138
0.3%
100 Mohammad 10.023
0.3%
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FAQs

What are the most common surnames in United Arab Emirates?
According to our official census data, the most common surname in United Arab Emirates is Ali, with 331.816. registered bearers. This table shows the 100 most frequent surnames in the country.
How many different surnames are registered in United Arab Emirates?
Our database contains hundreds of surnames with a presence in United Arab Emirates. This table shows the 100 most frequent.
How often is this data updated?
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