El Hajj Surname

2,710th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 205,834 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El Hajj Surname User-submission:

The surname El Hajj or El Hajji means 'pilgrim' in Arabic.

El Hajj 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
Yemen99,6061:26520
Syria55,2521:34945
Lebanon34,1971:1656
Jordan8,3601:1,058154
Palestine4,4021:1,033162
Saudi Arabia1,4311:21,5622,950
United Arab Emirates1,0811:8,4761,058
Kuwait5691:6,680925
Iraq2571:136,2713,688
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Tunisia1201:5,089814
France951:699,18788,446
Oman501:73,7592,921
Qatar471:50,1704,949
Brazil431:4,978,473128,213
Canada341:1,083,69479,951
Sweden261:378,72126,697
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Denmark111:513,15632,022
England81:6,964,757184,742
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Panama41:978,06412,245
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Montenegro21:319,7827,691
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
China21:683,660,78330,601
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
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El Hajj (2,866) may also be a first name.

El Hajj Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname El Hajj or El Hajji means 'pilgrim' in Arabic.

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El Hajj Demographics

El Hajj Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 18,856 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Hajj Last Name Facts

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

El Hajj (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺎﺝ) occurs in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

This surname is the 2,710th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 35,405 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Hajj are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 50 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 135,897th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 2,866 people.

El Hajj is most frequently occurring in Yemen, where it is borne by 99,606 people, or 1 in 265. In Yemen it is mostly concentrated in: Taiz Governorate, where 19 percent are found, Ibb Governorate, where 16 percent are found and Dhamar Governorate, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Yemen this surname is found in 47 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 27 percent are found and Lebanon, where 17 percent are found.

El Hajj Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the El Hajj last name is principally Maronite (39%) in Lebanon.

The amount El Hajj earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 80.58% more than the national average, earning $77,917 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.67% less than the national average, earning $38,918 CAD per year.

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El Hajji939,773/
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El Hajj Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Hajj in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺤﺎﺝalhaj-

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