El-Hadj Surname

290,533rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,318 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

El-Hadj Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Hadj 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
Benin6291:16,4322,216
Chad4811:28,2583,335
Cameroon881:236,01223,423
Mauritania741:55,3363,965
Ivory Coast261:887,35522,826
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
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El-Hadj (653) may also be a first name.

El-Hadj Last Name Facts

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

The last name El-Hadj is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

This surname is the 290,533rd most frequent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 5,529,246 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of El-Hadj live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 324,981st most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 653 people.

The surname is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 629 people, or 1 in 16,432. In Benin El-Hadj is most common in: Borgou Department, where 27 percent reside, Alibori Department, where 26 percent reside and Donga Department, where 22 percent reside. Beside Benin this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 36 percent reside and Cameroon, where 7 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-Hadaj934/
El-Hadje932/
El-Ahadj931/
El-Haj923,630/
El-Adj9214/
El Hadj8612,108/
El-Hady861,924/
El-Hadi86972/
El-Hajj86883/
El-Haaj862/
El Hadaj80613/
El Hadje80194/
El-Hadsh806/
El-Hadid803/
El-Hadzh802/
El Hjadj801/
El Hadej801/
El Hadhj801/
El Hajdj801/
El Khadj801/
El Hadjj801/
El-Khadi801/
El-Haddi801/
El-Haded801/
El Haj7711,672/
El Adj7718/
El-Haz771/
El-Ady771/
El Haddaj75172/
El-Khadzh756/
El Hadhje751/
El-Hadded751/
El Hajj71205,834/
El Hadi7161,299/
El Hady7120,563/
El Haij71626/
El-Aidy71463/
El-Hoda71276/
El-Aydi7118/
El-Gadi7111/
El-Hazh7110/
El Ahdj717/
El-Aude715/
El-Ades714/
El Haaj714/
El Hade714/
El-Aidi714/
El Adje713/
El Hajh711/
El-Ahdi711/
El Ehdj711/
El Hada711/
El Hedj711/
El Hadid6714,208/
El Haydi67409/
El Haddi67363/
El Haidi67286/
El Hadda67271/
El Khadi67179/
El Haddy67140/
El Adouj6714/
El Hader6711/
El Haidy6710/
El Haday678/
El Hadsh677/
El Hadie677/
El Hadaa677/
El Khady676/
El Haida675/
El Hasdi674/
El Hadey674/
El Haded673/
El Aj672/
El-Aaidi672/
El-Gaidi672/
El-Heddi671/
El-Khazh671/
El Hhajj671/
El Hajdi671/
El-Gaidy671/
El-Aaïdi671/
El Hadhy671/
El Hadhi671/
El Hadai671/
El Jhadi671/
El-Jaidy671/
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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-Hadj
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