El Arbi Surname

56,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,910 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Arbi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Arbi 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
Morocco7,4631:4,620526
Mauritania8951:4,575544
Algeria3731:103,57015,243
New Caledonia521:5,3121,081
Tunisia441:13,8782,274
France371:1,795,209158,669
Spain341:1,375,06044,096
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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El Arbi (4,839) may also be a first name.

El Arbi Last Name Facts

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

El Arbi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﺮﺑﻲ) is more commonly found in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

El Arbi is the 56,875th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 817,906 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of El Arbi live; 88 percent live in North Africa and 88 percent live in Mahgreb. El Arbi is also the 98,187th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world, borne by 4,839 people.

This last name is most widespread in Morocco, where it is held by 7,463 people, or 1 in 4,620. Besides Morocco it is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 10 percent reside and Algeria, where 4 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 Harbi9319,444/
El Aarbi9312/
El Arbid939/
El Garbi935/
El Arbie931/
El Arbiy931/
El Harbih882/
El Arby861,297/
El-Arbi8614/
El Arba869/
El Arvi868/
El Arbe864/
El Arwi861/
El Harby803,751/
El Harba8016/
El Garby8012/
El Atrby804/
El Aarby802/
El-Harbi802/
El Ourbi801/
El Arbed801/
El Harbe801/
El Gourbi7510/
El Harbaa751/
El Arwish751/
El Arwa718/
El-Arby714/
El Harwish712/
El Harbouy711/
El Arvy711/
El Arwe711/
El-Harbieh711/
El Harbesh711/
El Harwa674/
El Gorby673/
El Otrby671/
El-Harby671/
El Ourba671/
El Harvey631/
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El Arbi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Arbi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻌﺮﺑﻲalrby82.61
ﺍﻟﻌﺮﺑﻰalrby10
ﺍﻟﻌﺮﺏalrb6.52
ﺍﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﻪalrbyh0.22
ﺍﻟﻌﺮﻳﺒﻲalryby0.22
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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 Arbi
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