El Ghazal Surname

98,542nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,811 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El Ghazal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Ghazal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon1,9731:2,857540
Morocco9201:37,4746,047
United Arab Emirates6691:13,6951,687
Syria5491:35,1572,171
Jordan3821:23,1483,249
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Spain621:754,06531,946
Tunisia531:11,5211,907
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Oman121:307,3314,704
Palestine111:413,53212,017
Yemen61:4,404,21618,907
Qatar61:393,00055,922
France61:11,070,454349,096
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
England11:55,718,059489,080
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

El Ghazal (146) may also be a first name.

El Ghazal Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Ghazal (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻐﺰﺍﻝ) occurs in Lebanon more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

The last name is the 98,542nd most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,514,767 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 75 percent of El Ghazal reside; 75 percent reside in West Asia and 61 percent reside in Levant. El Ghazal is also the 763,528th most widespread forename internationally It is held by 146 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Lebanon, where it is borne by 1,973 people, or 1 in 2,857. In Lebanon El Ghazal is most frequent in: Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 50 percent live, Beqaa Governorate, where 19 percent live and South Governorate, where 12 percent live. Apart from Lebanon it occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 19 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 14 percent live.

El Ghazal Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Maronite (48%) in Lebanon.

El Ghazal earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 6.4% more than the national average, earning $52,864 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Ghazzal95277/
El Ghazale951/
El-Ghazal89158/
El Ghezal8910/
El Ghozal891/
El Ghozail84545/
El Ghassal84307/
El Ghouzal849/
El Ghazeil841/
El Ghouzail801/
El Ghassoul701/
El Ghoussal701/
El Gezoul672/

El Ghazal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Ghazal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻐﺰﺍﻝalghzal-

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Ghazal
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