El-Arab Surname

849,693rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 322 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Arab Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El-Arab Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt3051:301,42919,796
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
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El-Arab Last Name Facts

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

El-Arab (Russian: Эль-араб) is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of El-Arab.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Arab? popularity and diffusion

El-Arab is the 849,693rd most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 22,632,130 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of El-Arab live; 95 percent live in North Africa and 95 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 305 people, or 1 in 301,429. Other than Egypt it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Russia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Arab8649,196/
El Ajrab801,162/
El Harab8050/
El Garab805/
El Arhab804/
El Argab804/
El Araib801/
El Asrab801/
El Aarab801/
El Garrab75687/
El Harrab75586/
El Araf718/
El Arap714/
El Areb712/
El Arraf67274/
El Atraf677/
El Aroub674/
El Ajraf673/
El Hareeb63216/
El Ayroub63105/
El Harraf6311/
El Arrafe639/
El Argoub635/
El Haraif634/
El Herrab631/
El Aarraf631/
El-Harrouf591/
El Arrouf50342/
El Harouf502/
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El-Arab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El-Arab in the Russian language
Эль-арабel-arab-

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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-Arab
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