El Gharib Surname

44,846th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,582 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Gharib Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Gharib Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt10,2511:8,9681,103
Morocco1,0911:31,6005,064
Spain751:623,36028,648
France461:1,443,972140,296
Mauritania251:163,7958,806
Lebanon161:352,31810,901
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
England11:55,718,059489,080
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984

El Gharib (1,434) may also be a first name.

El Gharib Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Gharib (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻘﺮﻳﺐ) is most common in Egypt. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name El Gharib is the 44,846th most numerous last name globally, borne by around 1 in 629,213 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of El Gharib are found; 98 percent are found in North Africa and 89 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 206,059th most widespread first name globally It is held by 1,434 people.

It is most numerous in Egypt, where it is carried by 10,251 people, or 1 in 8,968. Besides Egypt it is found in 23 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 9 percent live and Spain, where 1 percent live.

El Gharib Last Name Statistics demography

El Gharib earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 20.65% less than the national average, earning $39,422 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Gharieb959/
El Garib941/
El-Gharib89357/
El Ghareb8923/
El Ghareeb8410,962/
El-Ghareib844/
El-Gharieb841/
El Gareb8243/
El Gheryb78187/
El Gharef7811/
El Gatrif785/
El Gharep784/
El-Ghareeb74584/
El-Gheryb671/

El Gharib Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Gharib in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻘﺮﻳﺐalqryb-

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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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  • 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 Gharib
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