El Ghareb Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Ghareb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Ghareb 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
Mauritania191:215,51910,553
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368

El Ghareb Last Name Facts

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

El Ghareb (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻜﺎﺭﺏ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of El Ghareb click here.

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

It is the 4,116,508th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. El Ghareb occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Ghareb are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 215,519. In Mauritania it is most common in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 89 percent are found, Brakna Region, where 5 percent are found and Trarza Region, where 5 percent are found. Barring Mauritania it occurs in one country. It is also common in Egypt, where 17 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 Ghareeb9510,962/
El Gharieb959/
El Gareb9443/
El Gharib8911,582/
El Gharef8911/
El Gharep894/
El-Ghareeb84584/
El-Ghareib844/
El Gharrab841/
El-Gharieb841/
El Garraeb841/
El Garab825/
El Garib821/
El Garrab78687/
El-Gharib78357/
El Gheryb78187/
El Ghorab78133/
El-Ghorab67574/
El Gatrif675/
El-Gheryb671/
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El Ghareb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Ghareb in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻜﺎﺭﺏalkarb-

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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 Ghareb
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