El Bal Surname

382,699th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 930 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Bal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Bal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt7631:120,4929,804
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Mauritania311:132,0927,581

El Bal (26) may also be a first name.

El Bal Last Name Facts

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

El Bal (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺒﺎﻝ) is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

El Bal is the 382,699th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,836,071 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Bal live; 97 percent live in North Africa and 82 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 26 people.

The last name El Bal is most common in Egypt, where it is carried by 763 people, or 1 in 120,492. Barring Egypt El Bal occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 15 percent reside and Mauritania, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Bale925/
El Baal925/
El Ball922/
El Bahal86775/
El Basel86193/
El Batel8626/
El Bahle861/
El Val836/
El-Bal831/
El Bassil80375/
El Bassel80246/
El Baitil804/
El Hwal77183/
El Vall7784/
El-Baal779/
El Valh772/
El Bole772/
El Valle718/
El Wahal712/
El Valhe711/
El-Bassel672/
El Wool62174/
El Would571/
El Weile571/
El Weille531/

El Bal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Bal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺒﺎﻝalbal96.15
ﺍﻟﺒﻞalbl3.85

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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
  • 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 Bal
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