El-Habib Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El-Habib Surname

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

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Habib 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
Mauritania341:120,4377,101
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

El-Habib (276) may also be a first name.

El-Habib Last Name Facts

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

El-Habib is found most in Mauritania. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

The last name is the 2,661,929th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of El-Habib reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. El-Habib is also the 534,713th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 276 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 120,437. In Mauritania El-Habib is most numerous in: Assaba Region, where 65 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 32 percent reside and Trarza Region, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 21 percent reside and Algeria, where 4 percent reside.

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 Habib8812,498/
El-Hebib884/
El-Habyb881/
El Habeib8210/
El Habaib829/
El-Habeeb826/
El-Chabeb821/
El Chabib821/
El Abib805/
El Habyb75205/
El Hebib7534/
El Habeb759/
El Ahbib752/
El Habeeb716/
El Chabeb711/
El Houbaib671/
El Chaviv591/
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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-Habib
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