El-Katib Surname

1,359,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 163 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Katib Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Katib 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
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El-Katib Last Name Facts

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

The last name El-Katib occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of El-Katib click here.

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

El-Katib is the 1,359,010th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of El-Katib reside; 94 percent reside in North Africa and 94 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

It is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Other than Egypt this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Brazil, 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-Khatib943,748/
El-Kattib943/
El-Kathib941/
El-Kaatib941/
El-Khatieb89247/
El-Khattib895/
El-Khateib891/
El Katib88715/
El-Kateb88616/
El Khatib828,308/
El-Khateb82552/
El Kathib824/
El-Khatyb823/
El Kaatib821/
El Kateib821/
El-Khateeb781,705/
El Khatieb789/
El Khaitib785/
El Khateib781/
El Kateb75705/
El Qatib759/
El Khateb71933/
El Kateeb71155/
El Khatyb71137/
El Khatip714/
El Quatib711/
El Khateeb672,978/
El Kahteeb674/
El-Khateep671/
El Kahatip671/
El Keteb632/
El Kouteb591/
El Khouteb561/
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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-Katib
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