El Ghazi Surname

41,110th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,720 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Ghazi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Ghazi 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
Morocco10,9401:3,151279
Spain4811:97,1988,027
Lebanon2851:19,7792,420
Algeria2491:155,14720,030
France2141:310,38747,306
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Jordan911:97,1706,994
Syria781:247,4494,261
Yemen761:347,70110,006
Palestine591:77,0996,249
Oman381:97,0523,112
Netherlands281:603,11352,179
Mauritania131:314,98913,616
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
England11:55,718,059489,080
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
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El Ghazi (411) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Ghazi Demographics

El Ghazi Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 209 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Ghazi Last Name Facts

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

El Ghazi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻐﺎﺯﻱ) occurs more in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

This last name is the 41,110th most widespread last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 572,920 people. The last name El Ghazi is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of El Ghazi live; 89 percent live in North Africa and 88 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 424,977th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 411 people.

The surname is most frequent in Morocco, where it is carried by 10,940 people, or 1 in 3,151. Other than Morocco this last name is found in 30 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 4 percent reside and Lebanon, where 2 percent reside.

El Ghazi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Sunni (57%) in Lebanon.

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 Ghazzi94225/
El Gheazi941/
El Gahazi941/
El Gazi93309/
El Ghazy88942/
El Ghaza88144/
El-Ghazi8831/
El Ghozi886/
El Gazzi881/
El Ghaze881/
El Ghachi82699/
El Ghassi8223/
El-Ghazzi8222/
El Ghozzi8215/
El Ghajji827/
El Ghouzi822/
El Ghazza821/
El-Gazi8022/
El Gagi809/
El Gaci801/
El Gasi801/
El Ghouzzi7820/
El Ghaiche7812/
El Ghasish781/
El Gouzi75443/
El-Ghazy75185/
El Gassi75177/
El Gachi75146/
El Gazer75122/
El Gadji756/
El Ghozy754/
El Gozzi751/
El Gochi751/
El Gazze751/
El Ghashish741/
El Gouchi71343/
El Ghassy7130/
El Ghezzy7119/
El Gaissa718/
El Ghadsy712/
El Ghouji711/
El-Ghachi711/
El Gazeer711/
El Ghauche676/
El Gheishi673/
El Gasy671/
El-Gaji671/
El-Gaza671/
El Gaaichi671/
El Gosa671/
El Gheisse671/
El Gheiche671/
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El Ghazi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Ghazi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻐﺎﺯﻱalghazy66.67
ﺍﻟﻐﺎﺯﻯalghazy33.33

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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 Ghazi
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