El Galass Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Galass Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Galass 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
Mauritania131:314,98913,616
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

El Galass Last Name Facts

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

El Galass (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻜﻼﺹ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

The last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Galass live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

The surname El Galass is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 314,989. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Adrar Region, where 92 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 8 percent reside. Barring Mauritania El Galass exists in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 7 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 Ghalass957/
El Gallass951/
El Galasse951/
El Galas942/
El Alass941/
El Ghallass907/
El Gelass893/
El Gallas891/
El Gala881/
El Galai82346/
El Galad82244/
El Atlas82204/
El Halas82171/
El Ghala8225/
El Galla827/
El Galap824/
El Galay824/
El Gaila822/
El Galaa821/
El Galaï821/
El Gayla821/
El Ajlas821/
El Galia821/
El Ghalia781,547/
El Gallad78461/
El Ghalya78137/
El Ghalla7888/
El Gallaa7813/
El Gailia787/
El Galahy786/
El Ghaila785/
El Hallas782/
El Gailay782/
El Ghalai781/
El Galous781/
El Ghalad781/
El Halash781/
El Kgatla781/
El Ghallah744/
El Ghellas742/
El Ghallia741/
El Ghallat741/
El Gallo715/
El-Galla714/
El-Galad714/
El-Halas711/
El Ghailach702/
El-Gallad67336/
El Ghalou6711/
El-Ghalia674/
El Halous672/
El Ghoula672/
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El Galass Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Galass in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻜﻼﺹalklas-

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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
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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 Galass
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