El Ghareeb Surname
Approximately 10,962 people bear this surname
El Ghareeb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 3,440 | 1:1,639 | 311 |
| Kuwait | 2,304 | 1:1,650 | 196 |
| Yemen | 1,299 | 1:20,343 | 2,139 |
| Syria | 1,280 | 1:15,079 | 1,189 |
| Jordan | 1,221 | 1:7,242 | 1,416 |
| Egypt | 885 | 1:103,882 | 8,743 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Palestine | 176 | 1:25,846 | 3,680 |
| United Arab Emirates | 86 | 1:106,538 | 9,171 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
El Ghareeb (33) may also be a first name.
El Ghareeb Demographics
El Ghareeb Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
El Ghareeb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Ghareeb Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name El Ghareeb is held by more people in Lebanon than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name El Ghareeb? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 47,241st most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 664,801 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 92 percent of El Ghareeb live; 92 percent live in West Asia and 56 percent live in Levant. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequent first name globally, held by 33 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Lebanon, where it is borne by 3,440 people, or 1 in 1,639. In Lebanon it is most frequent in: Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 60 percent are found, Beqaa Governorate, where 12 percent are found and South Governorate, where 8 percent are found. Besides Lebanon this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 21 percent are found and Yemen, where 12 percent are found.
El Ghareeb Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the El Ghareeb last name is chiefly Maronite (31%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Ghareb | 95 | 23 | / |
| El-Ghareeb | 90 | 584 | / |
| El Gharieb | 90 | 9 | / |
| El Gareb | 89 | 43 | / |
| El Gharib | 84 | 11,582 | / |
| El Gharef | 84 | 11 | / |
| El Gharep | 84 | 4 | / |
| El-Ghareib | 80 | 4 | / |
| El Gharrab | 80 | 1 | / |
| El-Gharieb | 80 | 1 | / |
| El Garraeb | 80 | 1 | / |
| El Garab | 78 | 5 | / |
| El Garib | 78 | 1 | / |
| El Ghorayeb | 76 | 21 | / |
| El Garrab | 74 | 687 | / |
| El-Gharib | 74 | 357 | / |
| El Gheryb | 74 | 187 | / |
| El Ghorab | 74 | 133 | / |
| El-Ghorab | 63 | 574 | / |
| El Gatrif | 63 | 5 | / |
| El-Gheryb | 63 | 1 | / |
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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 Ghareeb
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