El Ghaib Surname

811,192nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 344 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Ghaib Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Ghaib Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Mauritania201:204,74310,209
France31:22,140,907385,998
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Ghaïb961/
El Ghayib9420/
El Ghaieb945/
El Ghab933,605/
El Ghabh88580/
El Ghayeb82166/
El Gabd809/
El Ghaf802/
El Ghaw801/
El Ghoub752/
El Ghawt751/
El Gaf71239/
El Guif6732/
El Gayov631/
El Ghewth5916/
El Guewth591/
El Ghoutf591/

El Ghaib Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Ghaib in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻐﺎﺋﺐalghayb57.14
ﺍﻟﻐﺎﻳﺐalghayb42.86

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Ghaib
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