El Ghalab Surname

2,203,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Ghalab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Ghalab 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
Yemen711:372,18710,164
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388

El Ghalab Last Name Facts

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

El Ghalab (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻐﻼﺏ) has its highest incidence in Yemen. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of El Ghalab.

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

The last name El Ghalab is the 2,203,767th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. The last name El Ghalab occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of El Ghalab reside; 99 percent reside in West Asia and 96 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

This last name is most frequently held in Yemen, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 372,187. In Yemen El Ghalab is primarily found in: Taiz Governorate, where 92 percent live, Sana'a Governorate, where 6 percent live and Ibb Governorate, where 1 percent live. Beside Yemen this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 1 percent live and Mauritania, where 1 percent live.

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 Ghallab95343/
El Galab943/
El Ghaleb8918/
El Gallab895/
El-Ghallab844/
El Galaf829/
El Galap824/
El-Galab821/
El Gallaf78351/
El-Gallab78156/

El Ghalab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Ghalab in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻐﻼﺏalghlab-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Ghalab
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