El Abass Surname

285,793rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,345 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Abass Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Abass 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
Mauritania1,3301:3,079381
Niger111:1,744,72934,351
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251

El Abass (354) may also be a first name.

El Abass Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Abass (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﺒﺎﺱ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Abass? popularity and diffusion

It is the 285,793rd most commonly held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 5,418,250 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Abass are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 463,079th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 354 people.

It is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 1,330 people, or 1 in 3,079. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 26 percent are found, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 23 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 10 percent are found. Not including Mauritania this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 1 percent are found and Morocco, where 0 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 Abasse9476/
El Habass943/
El Abaass941/
El Abas9350/
El Gabas882/
El Abaas882/
El-Abass881/
El Habash8217/
El Asba80204/
El Abad80189/
El Abaj802/
El-Abas801/
El Haba801/
El Aiba801/
El Atba801/
El Habouss7870/
El Hawasse781/
El Haiba75932/
El Asbat75161/
El Asbah75123/
El Hawas7512/
El Hayba755/
El Asbaa753/
El Abous752/
El-Gabas751/
El Habay751/
El Hasba751/
El Habah751/
El Aybad751/
El Abath751/
El Habousse7414/
El Hawash71220/
El Habach71183/
El Habous7116/
El Asbahy7113/
El Ashbah719/
El Habahy712/
El Abache712/
El-Habash711/
El Ashbai711/
El Aboush711/
El Abou6791/
El Abey671/
El Hoba671/
El-Abad671/
El Aybo671/
El Habo671/
El Ouba671/
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El Abass Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Abass in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻌﺒﺎﺱalbas99.52
ﺍﻟﻌﻴﺎﺳﻰalyasy0.24
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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 Abass
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