El Ghala Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Ghala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Ghala 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
Mauritania201:204,74310,209
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737

El Ghala (27) may also be a first name.

El Ghala Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Ghala (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻘﻠﻪ) is most common in Mauritania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

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

The last name El Ghala is the 3,957,383rd most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Ghala are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. El Ghala is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 27 people.

The last name El Ghala is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 204,743. In Mauritania El Ghala is most frequent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 90 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 5 percent are found and Tagant Region, where 5 percent are found. Not including Mauritania it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 16 percent are found and Egypt, where 4 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 Ghalia941,547/
El Ghalya94137/
El Ghalla9488/
El Ghaila945/
El Ghalai941/
El Ghalad941/
El Gala931/
El Ghalass897/
El Ghallah894/
El Ghallat891/
El Ghallia891/
El Ghali885,437/
El Ghaly881,099/
El Galai88346/
El Galad88244/
El Galla887/
El Ghale886/
El Galap884/
El Galay884/
El Galas882/
El Gaila882/
El Galaï881/
El Gayla881/
El Galia881/
El Galaa881/
El Ghallass847/
El Ghailach842/
El Ghalih821,007/
El Gallad82461/
El Ghalis8271/
El Ghalle8234/
El Ghalid8226/
El Galass8214/
El Gallaa8213/
El Ghalou8211/
El Gailia827/
El Galahy826/
El Ghalli825/
El Ghalit824/
El-Ghalia824/
El Ghally823/
El Gailay822/
El Ghalij822/
El Ghoula822/
El Kgatla821/
El Ghaliz821/
El Gallas821/
El Ghaleh821/
El Ghaled821/
El Gahali821/
El Galy80234/
El Gali8026/
El Gale801/
El Ghaloud7830/
El Ghalout789/
El Gallass781/
El-Ghali75426/
El Gaaly7510/
El Gahly757/
El-Ghaly757/
El Gallo755/
El-Galla754/
El-Galad754/
El Gahli752/
El Gaily752/
El Hgali751/
El Gholi751/
El Gaali751/
El Gaili751/
El Ghollaij741/
El Ghouly719,039/
El-Gallad71336/
El Ghouli71241/
El-Ghalid71124/
El Gheily7111/
El Ghoule715/
El Gathly711/
El Galous711/
El Ghallouch703/
El-Galy67184/
El Galloud6719/
El Ghousli677/
El-Gali671/
El-Gholaij671/
El Ghoulle671/
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El Ghala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Ghala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻘﻠﻪalqlh59.26
ﺍﻟﻘﻞalql14.81
ﺍﻟﻘﺎﻟﻪalqalh11.11
ﺍﻟﻘﻠﺔalqlt7.41
ﻗﺎﻻqala3.7
ﺍﻟﻐﺎﻟﻴﻪalghalyh3.7

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