El Fakih Surname

481,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 692 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Bahrain

El Fakih Surname User-submission:

The surname El Fakih means 'the shrewd scientist (man of relegion) ' in Arabic.

El Fakih 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
Morocco4431:77,82413,257
Venezuela901:335,6017,420
Bahrain731:18,4743,432
Brazil311:6,905,624162,221
Spain141:3,339,43167,428
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
United States81:45,307,367917,113
France51:13,284,544357,392
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
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El Fakih (109) may also be a first name.

El Fakih Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname El Fakih means 'the shrewd scientist (man of relegion) ' in Arabic.

- hadi.fk
DNA test information

El Fakih Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Fakih is more frequently found in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

El Fakih is the 481,560th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,531,136 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of El Fakih live; 64 percent live in North Africa and 64 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 900,062nd most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 109 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Morocco, where it is carried by 443 people, or 1 in 77,824. Besides Morocco this surname exists in 20 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 13 percent reside and Bahrain, where 11 percent reside.

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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 Faki9362/
El Faqih88206/
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El Faquieh781/
El Fouki75315/
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El Fachi754/
El Faqid751/
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El Faique714/
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El-Feki67596/
El Feke674/
El-Faky671/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Fakih
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