El Bel Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Bel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Bel 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
Mauritania461:89,0195,672
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782

El Bel Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Bel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺒﻞ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of El Bel.

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

It is the 2,746,821st most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname El Bel is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Bel reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 89,019. In Mauritania El Bel is primarily concentrated in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 89 percent are found, Gorgol Region, where 4 percent are found and Assaba Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania it exists in one country. It also occurs in Algeria, where 8 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 Bell9218/
El Belle864/
El Blh831/
El Hbil7730/
El Wael7716/
El Hblh774/
El Bill772/
El Well771/
El Vil67214/
El Vill6271/
El-Wael623/
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El Bel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Bel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺒﻞalbl-

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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 Bel
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