El Hamel Surname

237,927th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,686 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

El Hamel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Hamel 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
Algeria1,2091:31,9535,833
Morocco4091:84,29414,399
Belgium291:396,43641,978
Spain191:2,460,63358,585
France71:9,488,960336,266
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
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El Hamel (733) may also be a first name.

El Hamel Last Name Facts

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

El Hamel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻬﺎﻣﻞ) is borne by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

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

The last name El Hamel is the 237,927th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,322,388 people. The surname El Hamel occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of El Hamel are found; 96 percent are found in North Africa and 96 percent are found in Mahgreb. El Hamel is also the 304,274th most widespread first name globally It is held by 733 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is carried by 1,209 people, or 1 in 31,953. In Algeria El Hamel is most frequent in: Adrar Province, where 35 percent live, Biskra Province, where 34 percent live and Aïn Defla Province, where 11 percent live. Aside from Algeria it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 24 percent live and Belgium, where 2 percent live.

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 Hammel941/
El Hameul941/
El Amel93276/
El Haml932/
El Gamel88862/
El Hamil88136/
El Jamel8813/
El-Hamel887/
El Ameul884/
El Amiel881/
El Aml86183/
El Gameel82244/
El Gammel824/
El Hamlet821/
El Jameel821/
El Gaml80673/
El Amil80219/
El Jaml802/
El Gamil75599/
El-Gamel75315/
El Jamil75197/
El-Jamel752/
El Gamll751/
El-Gammel713/
El-Gaml67519/
El-Amil671/
El-Gamil63466/
El-Jamil6314/
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El Hamel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Hamel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻬﺎﻣﻞalhaml-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Hamel
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