El Hadj Surname

42,988th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Hadj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Hadj 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
Mauritania7,2411:56676
Morocco1,6701:20,6443,211
Cameroon8411:24,6963,353
Algeria7191:53,7309,196
Togo6301:11,5042,968
Benin5831:17,7282,392
France1581:420,39761,236
Ivory Coast871:265,18710,377
Belgium501:229,93329,007
Ethiopia361:2,709,6188,935
Spain321:1,461,00145,498
Tunisia201:30,5314,563
Burkina Faso81:2,294,01216,398
Niger61:3,198,67054,540
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
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El Hadj (55,651) may also be a first name.

El Hadj Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Hadj (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺎﺝ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of El Hadj.

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

The last name is the 42,988th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 601,879 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of El Hadj live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 16,874th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 55,651 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 7,241 people, or 1 in 566. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 25 percent live, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 13 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 11 percent live. Barring Mauritania this last name exists in 27 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 14 percent live and Cameroon, where 7 percent live.

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 Hadaj93613/
El Hadje93194/
El Hadej931/
El Hadhj931/
El Hajdj931/
El Khadj931/
El Hjadj931/
El Hadjj931/
El Haj9211,672/
El Adj9218/
El Haddaj88172/
El Hadhje881/
El Hajj86205,834/
El Hadi8661,299/
El Hady8620,563/
El-Hadj861,318/
El Haij86626/
El Ahdj867/
El Hade864/
El Haaj864/
El Adje863/
El Ehdj861/
El Hajh861/
El Hedj861/
El Hada861/
El Aj832/
El Hadid8014,208/
El Haydi80409/
El Haddi80363/
El Haidi80286/
El Hadda80271/
El Khadi80179/
El Haddy80140/
El Adouj8014/
El Hader8011/
El Haidy8010/
El Haday808/
El Hadie807/
El Hadaa807/
El Hadsh807/
El Khady806/
El Haida805/
El-Hadaj804/
El Hasdi804/
El Hadey804/
El Haded803/
El-Hadje802/
El Jhadi801/
El Hadai801/
El Hadhi801/
El Hadhy801/
El-Ahadj801/
El Hajdi801/
El Hhajj801/
El-Haj773,630/
El Ada77388/
El Adi77284/
El-Adj7714/
El Ady7713/
El Has774/
El Ade772/
El Haz772/
El Aaj771/
El Hadish75134/
El Hadday7512/
El Khadea7510/
El Hadaya759/
El Khadhy758/
El Khadhi756/
El Hadher756/
El Khadai752/
El Hgadhi751/
El Khadee751/
El Khadei751/
El Jahadi751/
El Khaidi751/
El Hadeed751/
El Hadiss751/
El Haddai751/
El Aidi715,672/
El Hoda713,467/
El-Hady711,924/
El Gadi711,650/
El Aidy711,154/
El Aydi71987/
El-Hadi71972/
El-Hajj71883/
El Hays71527/
El Harz71254/
El Adha71239/
El Jadi71188/
El Aida71182/
El Aydy71141/
El Adhy7166/
El Hach7157/
El Aide7115/
El Ahdi7111/
El Adis719/
El Hedi717/
El Hedy716/
El Gady715/
El Ahdy714/
El Hais714/
El Aady714/
El Ader714/
El Ohda714/
El Ayde714/
El Adda712/
El Ajdy712/
El Audi712/
El-Haaj712/
El Aded711/
El Aedy711/
El Jade711/
El Haddech711/
El Hadhahy711/
El Addi711/
El Addy711/
El Aude711/
El Aîdy711/
El Aïde711/
El Aïdy711/
El Jady711/
El Aadi711/
El Oudj711/
El Khoudje711/
El Auda711/
El Gadhy673,363/
El Houdy671,559/
El Houda671,423/
El Gaddy67887/
El Gaidi67689/
El Houdi67485/
El Adahy67452/
El Jaidi67307/
El As67254/
El Jaadi67170/
El Khash67122/
El Az6712/
El Gadhi6711/
El Cheij6710/
El-Hadsh676/
El Aidis674/
El Gaadi674/
El Chash674/
El Aaidi674/
El Jahdi674/
El Hoday674/
El-Hadid673/
El Hetdy673/
El Heday672/
El Heddi672/
El Aaydy672/
El-Hadzh672/
El Jaddi672/
El Gaddi672/
El Ayddi671/
El Gadeh671/
El Jeadi671/
El Gaïdi671/
El Addid671/
El Adouy671/
El Ashdy671/
El-Khadi671/
El-Haddi671/
El-Haded671/
El Jaydi671/
El Ouhdi671/
El Hedai671/
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El Hadj Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Hadj in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺤﺎﺝalhaj99.5
ﺍﻟﺤﺎﺟﻪalhajh0.09
ﺍﻟﺤﺎﺟﻲalhajy0.03
ﺍﺣﻤﺪﺍﻟﺤﺎﺝahmdalhaj0.03
ﻣﺸﻬﺮmshhr0.03
ﺍﻟﺤﺎﺟﺔalhajt0.03
ﺃﻟﺤﺎﺝalhaj0.03
ﺍﻟﺠﺎﺡaljah0.03
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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 Hadj
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