El Ghoulam Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Ghoulam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Ghoulam 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
Mauritania501:81,8975,336
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
France11:66,422,722504,397

El Ghoulam Last Name Facts

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

El Ghoulam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻐﻼﻡ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

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

The last name is the 2,580,327th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of El Ghoulam live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

The surname El Ghoulam is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 81,897. In Mauritania El Ghoulam is mostly found in: Trarza Region, where 32 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 24 percent reside and Adrar Region, where 22 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 7 percent reside and Algeria, where 2 percent reside.

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 Gholam954/
El Ghulam954/
El Ghoulame951/
El Ghoullam951/
El Ghollam901/
El Ghalham80311/
El Ghaloum802/
El Ghalan744/
El Gahlan741/
El Ghallan701/
El Ghailane671/
El Gailain601/
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El Ghoulam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Ghoulam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻐﻼﻡalghlam-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Ghoulam
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