El-Arbi Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Tunisia

El-Arbi Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El & Arbi.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Arbi 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
Mauritania51:818,97323,459
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
France31:22,140,907385,998
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

El-Arbi (25) may also be a first name.

El-Arbi Last Name Facts

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

The surname El-Arbi is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

It is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of El-Arbi are found; 36 percent are found in North Africa and 36 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 25 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 818,973. In Mauritania El-Arbi is most frequent in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 80 percent live and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 20 percent live. Barring Mauritania this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tunisia, where 29 percent live and France, where 21 percent live.

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-Harbi932/
El Arbi868,910/
El-Arby864/
El-Harbieh821/
El Harbi8019,444/
El Aarbi8012/
El Arbid809/
El Garbi805/
El-Harby801/
El Arbie801/
El Arbiy801/
El Harbih752/
El Arby711,297/
El Arba719/
El Arvi718/
El Arbe714/
El Arwi711/
El Harby673,751/
El Harba6716/
El Garby6712/
El Atrby674/
El Aarby672/
El Arbed671/
El Harbe671/
El Ourbi671/
El Gourbi6310/
El Arwish631/
El Harbaa631/
El Harwish592/
El Harbouy591/
El Harbesh591/
El Arwa578/
El Arwe571/
El Arvy571/
El Harwa534/
El Gorby533/
El Otrby531/
El Ourba531/
El Harvey501/
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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-Arbi
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