El Gharabi Surname

990,978th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Gharabi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Gharabi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco2041:169,00029,345
Mauritania541:75,8315,075
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

El Gharabi Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Gharabi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻐﺮﺍﺑﻲ) is most common in Morocco. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

It is the 990,978th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,137,243 people. The last name El Gharabi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Gharabi are found; 79 percent are found in North Africa and 79 percent are found in Mahgreb.

The last name El Gharabi is most prevalent in Morocco, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 169,000. Beside Morocco this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 21 percent reside and Algeria, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

El Gharabi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Gharabi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻐﺮﺍﺑﻲalghraby76.47
ﺍﻟﻐﺮﺑﻲalghrby17.65
ﺍﻟﻐﺮﺍﺑﻰalghraby5.88

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Footnotes

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