El-Haji Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El-Haji Surname

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

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Haji 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
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

El-Haji Last Name Facts

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

El-Haji is held by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

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

This last name is the 1,434,893rd most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. The surname El-Haji occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of El-Haji live; 92 percent live in North Africa and 91 percent live in Mahgreb.

This last name is most prevalent in Morocco, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 253,501. Apart from Morocco this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 5 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 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-Hadji93367/
El-Hajji93220/
El-Haj923,630/
El-Hai9225/
El-Aji927/
El-Hahdji881/
El Haji861,922/
El-Hajj86883/
El-Adji8616/
El-Haje8613/
El-Hagi867/
El-Hasi867/
El-Jaji865/
El-Haaj862/
El-Gaji861/
El-Haci861/
El Hajji809,773/
El Hadji802,057/
El Hajui8033/
El-Hajje8013/
El Hajid809/
El-Hajjy804/
El-Hadje802/
El Hjaji802/
El Hajiz802/
El-Adjii801/
El-Ahagi801/
El Haj7711,672/
El Aji77596/
El-Aid7711/
El-Hay777/
El Hai775/
El-Asi772/
El-Hej771/
El-Jai771/
El-Oji771/
El Khadji75139/
El-Hajjeh755/
El-Hajjaj754/
El Hajjai751/
El-Hajjej751/
El Hajj71205,834/
El-Aziz711,663/
El Haid71816/
El Haij71626/
El-Hage71617/
El Haje71584/
El-Ajou71406/
El Hasi71194/
El Ajiz71153/
El Aaji71151/
El Hajy71136/
El Hait7177/
El Chai7175/
El-Azzi7159/
El Adji7138/
El Ajji7126/
El-Gazi7122/
El Haja7119/
El-Achi7114/
El-Heit7112/
El-Azis718/
El Jaji717/
El Hagi716/
El Haci715/
El-Haya715/
El Khai715/
El Hais714/
El Haaj714/
El Hazi713/
El-Ochi713/
El-Acha712/
El-Chay712/
El Hajh711/
El-Hija711/
El Khaj711/
El-Hajhouj711/
El-Hase711/
El-Jaja711/
El-Khay711/
El Haia711/
El Hajah671,678/
El Hajaj67231/
El Hachi67219/
El Hajjy67205/
El Hadje67194/
El-Khaye6752/
El Hajuj6734/
El-Ajouz6725/
El Hajje6717/
El-Heich6713/
El Khayi6711/
El-Jouzi6710/
El Haihi6710/
El Haiad679/
El-Hayah679/
El-Hagge678/
El-Jachi677/
El Houji677/
El-Hacha676/
El-Jajah674/
El-Khuja674/
El Hauzi674/
El-Hayes674/
El Hasis674/
El Aj672/
El Haize672/
El Harzi672/
El Chazi672/
El-Arzha672/
El Hausi671/
El Hadjj671/
El Ahdji671/
El Ai671/
El Chaid671/
El-Hazza671/
El-Heish671/
El-A'Asi671/
El Khaja671/
El Hajaz671/
El Hhajj671/
El-Ouchi671/
El Haije671/
El Chaia671/
El Haggi671/
El Haiah671/
El Hajee671/
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El-Haji
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