El Hadji Surname

202,451st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,057 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Benin

El Hadji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Hadji 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
Morocco5791:59,5449,923
Cameroon4021:51,6646,754
Algeria2591:149,15719,516
Benin2491:41,5085,342
Niger1981:96,9294,009
Ivory Coast1351:170,8987,689
France581:1,145,219121,886
Burkina Faso441:417,0936,319
Belgium311:370,85940,209
Senegal311:470,3012,103
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
Spain161:2,922,00263,384
Mali91:1,885,4481,868
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
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El Hadji (12,041) may also be a first name.

El Hadji Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Hadji (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺎﺝ) has its highest incidence in Morocco. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name El Hadji is the 202,451st most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,542,803 people. The surname El Hadji is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of El Hadji reside; 41 percent reside in North Africa and 41 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 54,021st most commonly occurring forename in the world, held by 12,041 people.

The surname El Hadji is most commonly used in Morocco, where it is borne by 579 people, or 1 in 59,544. Without taking into account Morocco this last name exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 20 percent live and Algeria, where 13 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 Khadji94139/
El Hadjji941/
El Haji931,922/
El Adji9338/
El Khadiji899/
El Hajji889,773/
El-Hadji88367/
El Hadje88194/
El Hajui8833/
El Hajid889/
El Hadja889/
El Hadie887/
El Gadji886/
El Hajiz882/
El Hedji881/
El Hadjj881/
El Ahdji881/
El Aji86596/
El Houdji822/
El Hadjer822/
El Hadhje821/
El-Hahdji821/
El Hadyih821/
El Hajjai821/
El Hajj80205,834/
El Haje80584/
El Hasi80194/
El Ajiz80153/
El Aaji80151/
El-Haji80150/
El Hajy80136/
El Ajji8026/
El-Adji8016/
El Hagi806/
El Haci805/
El Hazi803/
El Adje803/
El Adja801/
El Hajaj75231/
El-Hajji75220/
El Hajjy75205/
El Hajuj7534/
El Hajje7517/
El Houji757/
El Hasis754/
El Hauzi754/
El-Hadja753/
El Harzi752/
El Chazi752/
El-Hadje752/
El Haize752/
El Hausi751/
El Hajee751/
El Haggi751/
El Hadge751/
El Haije751/
El Hhajj751/
El-Adjii751/
El Gadje751/
El Haddioui741,281/
El Hajjaj71398/
El Houdzi71170/
El Khaizi7123/
El Khouji719/
El Hajouy717/
El-Aji717/
El Asi716/
El Hajjeh714/
El Ajy713/
El Gahazi711/
El Goudji711/
El Gaddje711/
El Agi711/
El Khaïzi711/
El Hage674,427/
El Aziz673,817/
El-Hajj67883/
El Hajhouj67759/
El Gazi67309/
El Azaj67214/
El Khouzai67172/
El Azzi6745/
El-Haje6713/
El Ajaj6712/
El Jazi6711/
El Haza679/
El-Hasi677/
El-Hagi677/
El Aiza674/
El Khajjaj674/
El Azai672/
El Khoudje671/
El Aisi671/
El Azid671/
El Hosi671/
El Ouji671/
El-Haci671/
El Auzi671/
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El Hadji Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Hadji in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺤﺎﺝalhaj66.67
ﺍﻟﺤﺎﺟﻲalhajy33.33

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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
  • 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 Hadji
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