El Fagha Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Fagha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Fagha 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
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Fagha Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Fagha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻔﻎ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of El Fagha.

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

The surname is the 10,311,814th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name El Fagha is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of El Fagha reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

El Fagha is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania El Fagha is most common in: Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 50 percent live and Trarza Region, where 50 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Yemen, where 33 percent live.

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 Vagha88276/
El Faghy88251/
El Fagih889/
El Faghi886/
El Fagah881/
El Fagash827/
El Faghey822/
El Fangah821/
El Vaghi7519/
El Vaghy755/
El-Vagha752/
El Fagie751/
El Foghi751/
El Vegha751/
El Vahga751/
El Vagih751/
El Vaighe711/
El Vaghui711/
El-Vaghy631/
El Veigeh592/
El Fougou592/
El Veigih591/
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El Fagha Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Fagha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻔﻎalfgh66.67
ﺍﻟﻔﺎﻗﻪalfaqh33.33

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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 Fagha
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