El Hakem Surname

751,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 382 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Hakem Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'the judge', 'the governor', 'one who rules and perfects things'.

El Hakem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2441:376,78623,402
Mauritania1361:30,1092,495
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

El Hakem (27) may also be a first name.

El Hakem Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'the judge', 'the governor', 'one who rules and perfects things'.

- nunouxe

El Hakem Last Name Facts

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

El Hakem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺎﻛﻢ) is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

The surname is the 751,291st most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 19,077,345 people. El Hakem is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Hakem reside; 64 percent reside in North Africa and 64 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. El Hakem is also the 2,036,353rd most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 27 people.

It is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is carried by 244 people, or 1 in 376,786. Besides Egypt it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 36 percent reside and Morocco, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Hakeem94506/
El Hakiem94132/
El Hakeim941/
El Hakim884,932/
El Hakym88184/
El-Hakem881/
El Hachem82860/
El-Hakeem82559/
El Hakime821/
El Hacheim781/
El-Hakim751,906/
El Hachim71179/
El-Hachem71117/
El Haquim713/
El-Khakym711/
El-Achem631/

El Hakem Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Hakem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺤﺎﻛﻢalhakm-

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