El Ghaib Surname
Approximately 344 people bear this surname
El Ghaib Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Mauritania | 20 | 1:204,743 | 10,209 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: El Ghaïb (1) are calculated separately.
El Ghaib Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Ghaib Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname El Ghaib (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻐﺎﺋﺐ) is found most frequently in Egypt. It can occur as a variant: El Ghaïb. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name El Ghaib? popularity and diffusion
The last name El Ghaib is the 811,192nd most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 21,184,726 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of El Ghaib reside; 93 percent reside in North Africa and 53 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Barring Egypt this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 40 percent are found and Mauritania, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
El Ghaib Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| El Ghaib in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻐﺎﺋﺐ | alghayb | 57.14 |
| ﺍﻟﻐﺎﻳﺐ | alghayb | 42.86 |
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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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