El Ghadi Surname

1,044,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 240 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Ghadi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Ghadi 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
Mauritania2241:18,2811,676
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

El Ghadi (85) may also be a first name.

El Ghadi Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Ghadi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺿﻲ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

It is the 1,044,719th most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 30,364,775 people. The last name El Ghadi occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of El Ghadi live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Senegambia Africa. El Ghadi is also the 1,039,322nd most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 85 people.

It is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 224 people, or 1 in 18,281. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Brakna Region, where 29 percent are found, Trarza Region, where 18 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Mauritania El Ghadi is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 4 percent are found and Libya, where 2 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 Ghadhi941,317/
El Ghaidi945/
El Ghaddi941/
El Gadi931,650/
El Gaidi88689/
El Ghady88221/
El Gadhi8811/
El Gaadi884/
El-Ghadi884/
El Gaddi882/
El Gadid881/
El Gaïdi881/
El Ghader82688/
El Ghadhy82434/
El-Ghadhi8215/
El Ghaida829/
El Ghedhi829/
El Ghoudi828/
El Ghadea821/
El Hgadhi821/
El Gheddi821/
El Gada80175/
El-Gadi8011/
El Gady805/
El Ghadeer78760/
El Ghadahy781/
El Ghoudij781/
El Gadhy753,363/
El Gaddy75887/
El Gahda75299/
El-Gadid75219/
El Gaede7511/
El Gadda759/
El Gedai756/
El Gader753/
El-Gaidi752/
El Gadje751/
El Gadaa751/
El Goddi751/
El Kgady751/
El Gadeh751/
El Goudi751/
El-Ghady751/
El Ghoudy714/
El Gaddje711/
El Ghedhy711/
El Gedy672,283/
El Gody678/
El Gode674/
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El Ghadi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Ghadi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺿﻲalqady61.06
ﺍﻟﻘﺎﻇﻲalqazy19.47
ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺿﻰalqady9.73
ﺍﻟﻐﺎﻇﻲalghazy3.54
ﺍﻟﻘﺎﻇﻰalqazy3.54
ﻟﻐﺎﻇﻲlghazy0.88
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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 Ghadi
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