El Behja Surname

862,604th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 315 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Behja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Behja 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
Morocco3071:112,30019,480
Mauritania71:584,98020,004
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

El Behja (10) may also be a first name.

El Behja Last Name Facts

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

El Behja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺒﻬﺠﻪ) occurs more in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

El Behja is the 862,604th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 23,135,066 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Behja live; 97 percent live in North Africa and 97 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring given name worldwide, held by 10 people.

The surname is most widely held in Morocco, where it is borne by 307 people, or 1 in 112,300. Excluding Morocco it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 2 percent reside and Spain, where 0 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 Bahja881,267/
El Behje885/
El Behij882/
El Behah882/
El Behji881/
El Behas881/
El Beiha881/
El Bej861/
El Bahjah8212/
El Beih80250/
El Beah80122/
El Bieh80122/
El Beji8073/
El Baja809/
El Beeh804/
El Bahji75850/
El Bahay75247/
El Bahia75208/
El Bahij75144/
El Bayeh75120/
El Beidh7580/
El Bajas758/
El Beiad754/
El Beydh754/
El Beyah754/
El Bajaa752/
El Bahaa751/
El Beihe751/
El Beyat751/
El Bhayh751/
El Bahai751/
El Bey712,582/
El Bay71429/
El Beyedh71235/
El Baa71208/
El Beyidh71143/
El Bahaji71137/
El Bai7114/
El Bayedh715/
El Bahajy714/
El Bahahy712/
El Baj712/
El Beiedh712/
El Beyadh711/
El Bayech711/
El Bee711/
El Boa711/
El Beyith711/
El Baid671,281/
El Bahy671,170/
El Baji67614/
El Baaj67518/
El-Beih67471/
El Bouj67375/
El Bayt67275/
El Bouh67267/
El Bohy67245/
El-Beah67183/
El Beid67146/
El Bajs67122/
El Beye67118/
El Bait6716/
El Beit6712/
El Baye679/
El-Beeh674/
El-Bieh674/
El Baya672/
El Biya672/
El Beiy672/
El Baiz671/
El Baiy671/
El Biye671/
El Bajy671/
El Bouiech671/
El Béji671/
El-Bija671/
El Baih671/
El Bayh671/
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El Behja Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Behja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺒﻬﺠﻪalbhjh88.89
ﺍﻟﺒﻬﺠﺔalbhjt11.11

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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 Behja
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