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
El Ghareeb occurs more in Lebanon more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of El Ghareeb click here.
How Common Is The Last Name El Ghareeb? popularity and diffusion
The last name El Ghareeb is the 47,241st most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 664,801 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 92 percent of El Ghareeb live; 92 percent live in West Asia and 56 percent live in Levant. El Ghareeb is also the 1,807,719th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 33 people.
The surname El Ghareeb is most commonly occurring in Lebanon, where it is carried by 3,440 people, or 1 in 1,639. In Lebanon El Ghareeb is most prevalent in: Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 60 percent are found, Beqaa Governorate, where 12 percent are found and South Governorate, where 8 percent are found. Not including Lebanon it exists in 12 countries. It is also found 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 surname is primarily 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
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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 Ghareeb
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