El Halaby Surname

18,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29,177 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El Halaby Surname User-submission:

An Arabic name that means "from Aleppo". Halab is the Arabic name for the Syrian city. Usually it means that the origin of the family is from Aleppo.

El Halaby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon11,3261:49880
Syria7,2561:2,660313
Palestine4,0051:1,136188
Jordan3,5341:2,502481
Egypt1,3731:66,9606,238
Yemen6421:41,1613,528
Kuwait5011:7,5861,062
United Arab Emirates4561:20,0932,333
Iraq471:745,14210,632
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
England31:18,572,686338,250
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El Halaby Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

An Arabic name that means "from Aleppo". Halab is the Arabic name for the Syrian city. Usually it means that the origin of the family is from Aleppo.

- ibrahim87

El Halaby Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Halaby has its highest incidence in Lebanon. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

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

It is the 18,875th most prevalent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 249,770 people. The last name El Halaby occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of El Halaby are found; 95 percent are found in West Asia and 90 percent are found in Levant.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Lebanon, where it is held by 11,326 people, or 1 in 498. In Lebanon it is most frequent in: Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 45 percent reside, North Governorate, where 15 percent reside and Beirut Governorate, where 13 percent reside. Not including Lebanon this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 25 percent reside and Palestine, where 14 percent reside.

El Halaby Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the El Halaby surname is principally Druze (48%) in Lebanon.

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