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.

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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 held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

It is the 370,384th most common surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,512,934 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of El Bah reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. El Bah is also the 3,024,661st most numerous forename globally. It is borne by 14 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 620 people, or 1 in 6,605. In Mauritania El Bah is mostly concentrated in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 44 percent are found, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 31 percent are found and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Mauritania this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 14 percent are found and Algeria, where 14 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 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
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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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