El Habib Surname

41,757th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,498 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Habib Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Habib Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco10,8031:3,191287
Mauritania1,0761:3,806460
Algeria2151:179,68222,426
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Spain1371:341,25619,726
France441:1,509,607143,950
Belgium191:605,08754,956
Tunisia71:87,23213,677
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
England11:55,718,059489,080
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El Habib (9,648) may also be a first name.

El Habib Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Habib (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺒﻴﺐ) is more frequently found in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

This surname is the 41,757th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 583,097 people. The last name El Habib occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of El Habib reside; 90 percent reside in North Africa and 88 percent reside in Mahgreb. El Habib is also the 62,775th most commonly occurring given name in the world, borne by 9,648 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Morocco, where it is held by 10,803 people, or 1 in 3,191. Aside from Morocco El Habib exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 9 percent live and Algeria, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Habeib9410/
El Habaib949/
El Chabib941/
El Abib935/
El Habyb88205/
El-Habib8853/
El Hebib8834/
El Habeb889/
El Ahbib882/
El Habeeb826/
El Chabeb821/
El Houbaib781/
El-Hebib754/
El-Habyb751/
El-Habeeb716/
El-Chabeb711/
El Chaviv711/
El Hawayf591/

El Habib Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Habib in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺤﺒﻴﺐalhbyb95.22
ﺍﻟﺤﺎﺑﻴﺐalhabyb3.18

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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 Habib
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