El Bey Surname

167,491st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,582 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

El Bey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Bey 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
Algeria2,2801:16,9443,088
Mauritania1011:40,5433,109
Spain1001:467,52024,100
United States681:5,330,278267,385
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
France51:13,284,544357,392
Tunisia51:122,12516,050
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
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The alternate forms: El Béy (1) are calculated separately.

El Bey (93) may also be a first name.

El Bey Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Bey (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺒﻲ) is found most frequently in Algeria. It can also appear as a variant: El Béy. For other potential spellings of El Bey click here.

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

This last name is the 167,491st most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,822,442 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of El Bey reside; 89 percent reside in North Africa and 89 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 986,211th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 93 people.

El Bey is most widely held in Algeria, where it is carried by 2,280 people, or 1 in 16,944. In Algeria it is mostly found in: Relizane Province, where 47 percent are found, Blida Province, where 29 percent are found and Biskra Province, where 19 percent are found. Other than Algeria this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 4 percent are found and Spain, where 4 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 Béy941/
El Beye92118/
El Beiy922/
El Bahey86465/
El Beyed8614/
El Beydh864/
El Beyah864/
El Beyat861/
El Bay83429/
El Bez83100/
El-Bey8380/
El Beh8340/
El Bed8313/
El Bes839/
El Ber834/
El Bee831/
El Bej831/
El Beyedh80235/
El Beyidh80143/
El Beyadh801/
El Beyith801/
El Bahy771,170/
El Bayt77275/
El Beih77250/
El Bohy77245/
El Beid77146/
El Bieh77122/
El Beah77122/
El Beji7773/
El Beit7712/
El Berr7712/
El Baye779/
El Bech779/
El Bett774/
El Beeh774/
El Biya772/
El Baya772/
El Bahe771/
El Biye771/
El Bydh771/
El Baiy771/
El Bajy771/
El Bess771/
El Boyo771/
El-Beye771/
El Beet771/
El Besh771/
El Bayh771/
El Bi7312/
El Ve738/
El Ba735/
El Bayad711,209/
El Bouhy711,188/
El Bayed71694/
El Behja71315/
El Bayaa71279/
El Bahay71247/
El Baied71204/
El Biyed71171/
El Biyad71170/
El Bayeh71120/
El Beidh7180/
El Beïdh7114/
El Bouya7112/
El-Bahey7111/
El Behje715/
El-Beihy715/
El Beiad714/
El Biyaz714/
El Bayas714/
El Beesh714/
El Behah712/
El Bayid712/
El Bahie712/
El Behij712/
El Beiha711/
El Beihe711/
El Beitt711/
El Betch711/
El Behas711/
El Behji711/
El Bhayh711/
El Bhihe711/
El-Beyat711/
El Baz6718,540/
El Bou671,701/
El Bah67970/
El Bha67427/
El Bid67220/
El Baa67208/
El Bahije67152/
El Bayadh67111/
El Wez6732/
El Wer6726/
El-Bez6722/
El Bai6714/
El-Bay6714/
El Bjh679/
El Bis676/
El Bayedh675/
El Bayidh674/
El Bahajy674/
El Beiedh672/
El Bayoud672/
El Bahahy672/
El Baj672/
El Bat671/
El Bas671/
El Vie671/
El Bayech671/
El Boa671/
El Bayach671/
El-Buy671/
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El Bey Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Bey in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺒﻲalby91.67
ﺃﻟﺒﻲalby5
ﺍﻟﺒﻰalby3.33

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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 Bey
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