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

The surname El Ghalab (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻐﻼﺏ) is held by more people in Yemen than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

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

This surname is the 2,203,767th most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of El Ghalab are found; 99 percent are found in West Asia and 96 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name is most widespread 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 reside, Sana'a Governorate, where 6 percent reside and Ibb Governorate, where 1 percent reside. Not including Yemen El Ghalab exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 1 percent reside and Mauritania, where 1 percent reside.

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
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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 Ghalab
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