El Ghassy Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Ghassy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Ghassy 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
Mauritania261:157,4958,595
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Ghassy Last Name Facts

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

El Ghassy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺳﻲ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name El Ghassy is the 3,602,217th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of El Ghassy reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

The last name El Ghassy is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 157,495. In Mauritania El Ghassy is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 85 percent are found and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 15 percent are found. Beside Mauritania it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 3 percent are found and Syria, where 3 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 Gassy943/
El Ghassi8923/
El Ghadsy892/
El Gasy881/
El Ghasish841/
El Ghazy82942/
El Gassi82177/
El Gasse821/
El Ghashish801/
El Gaissa788/
El Goussy781/
El Gaassa781/
El Gasi751/
El Gasseer741/
El Gheisse741/
El Ghazi7112,720/
El-Ghazy71185/
El Ghozy714/
El Geshy712/
El Ghaze711/
El Ghachi67699/
El Ghazzi67225/
El Gousse6714/
El Goussi679/
El Goushy674/
El Geshai674/
El Gheazi671/
El Gahazi671/
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El Ghassy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Ghassy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺳﻲalqasy-

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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 Ghassy
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