El Bab Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Bab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Bab 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
Morocco2391:144,25125,171
Mauritania111:372,26015,230
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El Bab Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Bab (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺒﺎﺏ) is found most in Morocco. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

The last name El Bab is the 996,001st most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of El Bab are found; 95 percent are found in North Africa and 93 percent are found in Mahgreb.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Morocco, where it is borne by 239 people, or 1 in 144,251. Excluding Morocco El Bab occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 4 percent live and Egypt, where 2 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 Baib922/
El Babs921/
El Bahab861/
El Bob831,129/
El-Bab838/
El Baf834/
El Beb831/
El Whab77122/
El Beib7747/
El Boub7710/
El Baff774/
El Bahf771/
El-Babs771/
El Wahab7125,132/
El Whaab711/
El Hboub711/
El Ouhab711/
El Bahaf711/
El Waw67480/
El Waf67266/
El-Baf6711/
El Wob675/
El-Bob674/
El-Beb674/
El Wahaab671/
El Uatf62122/
El-Beib6214/
El-Baff6210/
El Wasf624/
El Waib624/
El-Whab621/
El-Boub621/
El Wafe621/
El-Wahab57467/
El-Baphe579/
El Wazzf574/
El Wahaf571/
El Waheeb534/
El-Wahaab534/
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El Bab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Bab in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺒﺎﺏalbab-

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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 Bab
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