El Bah Surname

370,384th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 970 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Bah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Bah 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
Mauritania6201:6,605751
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Algeria1321:292,66329,105
United Arab Emirates731:125,51110,390
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
France11:66,422,722504,397
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705

El Bah (14) may also be a first name.

El Bah Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Bah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺒﺢ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of El Bah.

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

This surname is the 370,384th most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 7,512,934 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of El Bah live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Senegambia Africa. El Bah is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used forename worldwide, borne by 14 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 620 people, or 1 in 6,605. In Mauritania El Bah is most common in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 44 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 31 percent reside and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 6 percent reside. Not including Mauritania this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 14 percent reside and Algeria, where 14 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 Bahy921,170/
El Bach92344/
El Baha92297/
El Beah92122/
El Bash925/
El Bayh921/
El Bahe921/
El Bath921/
El Baht921/
El Bahs921/
El Baih921/
El Ba915/
El Batsh86580/
El Bahey86465/
El Bahay86247/
El Bahij86144/
El Bahat86138/
El Bahth86122/
El Baash8643/
El Bahas8629/
El Bahie862/
El Bahaa861/
El Baidh861/
El Bahad861/
El Bahah861/
El Bhayh861/
El Bahai861/
El Baz8318,540/
El Bay83429/
El Bha83427/
El Baa83208/
El Bai8314/
El Baj832/
El Boa831/
El-Bah831/
El Bas831/
El Bat831/
El Bashsh80275/
El Bahije80152/
El Bahahy802/
El Bass771,495/
El Baid771,281/
El Baaj77518/
El Bayt77275/
El Bouh77267/
El Beih77250/
El Bohy77245/
El-Bahy77221/
El-Beah77183/
El Bajs77122/
El Bast7720/
El-Bash7719/
El Bait7716/
El Bazz7710/
El-Baih778/
El Batt777/
El Baad773/
El Bhat771/
El Baiz771/
El-Bach771/
El Bo73176/
El Va735/
El Bouch71737/
El Beidh7180/
El-Bahay7113/
El-Bahey7111/
El Beydh714/
El-Bahas712/
El Bouth712/
El Bosch711/
El Bhatt711/
El-Baz673,302/
El Bey672,582/
El Bou671,701/
El Boz67171/
El-Bay6714/
El Bos675/
El Vai673/
El-Baa671/
El Buo671/
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El Bah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Bah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺒﺢalbh87.5
ﺍﻟﺒﺎﻩalbah11.54
ﺍﺑﺎﻩabah0.96
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Bah
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