El Gharbi Surname

124,737th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,653 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Anguilla

El Gharbi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Gharbi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco2,4881:13,8572,042
Algeria3831:100,86614,949
Egypt3661:251,19117,305
Spain2141:218,46714,619
France931:714,22389,679
Belgium381:302,54335,124
Tunisia351:17,4462,801
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Mauritania41:1,023,71625,172
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Anguilla11:13,436792

El Gharbi (90) may also be a first name.

El Gharbi Last Name Facts

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

El Gharbi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻐﺮﺑﻲ) occurs more in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

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

This surname is the 124,737th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,994,948 people. The surname El Gharbi is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of El Gharbi live; 90 percent live in North Africa and 80 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,005,046th most common forename globally, held by 90 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Morocco, where it is held by 2,488 people, or 1 in 13,857. Other than Morocco this surname exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 10 percent live and Egypt, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

El Gharbi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Gharbi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻐﺮﺑﻲalghrby50
ﺍﻟﻘﺮﺑﻲalqrby50

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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 Gharbi
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