El Hag Surname

79,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sudan
Highest density in:
Sudan

El Hag Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Hag 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
Sudan5,0401:7,4421,059
Egypt7631:120,4929,804
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
England61:9,286,343223,652
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
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El Hag (426) may also be a first name.

El Hag Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Hag (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺎﺝ) is borne by more people in Sudan than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

This surname is the 79,694th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,191,165 people. The surname El Hag is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of El Hag reside; 95 percent reside in North Africa and 95 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. El Hag is also the 416,125th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 426 people.

This last name is most widespread in Sudan, where it is carried by 5,040 people, or 1 in 7,442. Other than Sudan El Hag occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 12 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 5 percent are found.

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 Chag9224/
El Hayg924/
El Hagh924/
El Haq838,288/
El-Hag83316/
El Hak83179/
El Hog836/
El Ahg831/
El Haik77709/
El Hoyg77388/
El Hayq77122/
El Haïk774/
El-Hagg774/
El Hack773/
El Haak771/
El Ague771/
El Hask771/
El Hake771/
El Og7317/
El Ak731/
El Hayck712/
El Chaik711/
El Chaak711/
El Khoog711/
El Atgue711/
El Ayq671,525/
El Ake67483/
El Asq67122/
El Akh679/
El-Hak675/
El Azq674/
El Hok672/
El Aks671/
El Hoc671/
El Akt671/
El Gog671/
El Aaq671/
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El Hag Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Hag in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺤﺎﺝalhaj60
ﺍﻟﺤﻚalhk40

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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 Hag
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