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 last name El Abass (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﺒﺎﺱ) is found most in Mauritania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

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

The last name El Abass is the 285,793rd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 5,418,250 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Abass live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Senegambia Africa. El Abass is also the 463,079th most commonly held given name internationally, borne by 354 people.

The surname El Abass is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 1,330 people, or 1 in 3,079. In Mauritania El Abass is mostly concentrated in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 26 percent live, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 23 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 10 percent live. Barring Mauritania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 1 percent live and Morocco, where 0 percent live.

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
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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 Abass
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