El Hajji Surname

52,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,773 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Hajji Surname User-submission:

This surname refers to people who came from El Hadj / Mecca.

El Hajji 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
Morocco8,9971:3,832389
Spain4021:116,2999,136
France2221:299,20145,739
Belgium641:179,63524,162
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Lebanon41:1,409,27119,641
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
England31:18,572,686338,250
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
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El Hajji Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname refers to people who came from El Hadj / Mecca.

- elfafito

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

- wertadas
DNA test information

El Hajji Last Name Facts

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

El Hajji is most common in Morocco. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

El Hajji is the 52,366th most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 745,682 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of El Hajji are found; 92 percent are found in North Africa and 92 percent are found in Mahgreb.

This last name is most prevalent in Morocco, where it is carried by 8,997 people, or 1 in 3,832. Beside Morocco this last name exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 4 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.

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