El Gharny Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Gharny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Gharny 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
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Gharny Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Gharny (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻘﺮﻧﻲ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

It is the 4,427,875th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of El Gharny reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 215,519. In Mauritania El Gharny is most prevalent in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 68 percent are found, Tagant Region, where 21 percent are found and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Yemen, where 5 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 Gharni8911/
El Gherny891/
El Garni821,144/
El Garne829/
El Garna821/
El Garzni78137/
El Gherni781/
El Garnit781/
El-Garni714/
El Gourna671/

El Gharny Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Gharny in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻘﺮﻧﻲalqrny50
ﺍﻟﻘﺮﻧﻰalqrny16.67
ﻗﺮﻧﻲqrny16.67
ﻗﺮﻧﻰqrny16.67

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  • 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 Gharny
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