El Hamza Surname
Approximately 691 people bear this surname
El Hamza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 462 | 1:83,618 | 13,072 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Niger | 86 | 1:223,163 | 7,312 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
El Hamza (70) may also be a first name.
El Hamza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Hamza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname El Hamza is borne by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name El Hamza? popularity and diffusion
The last name El Hamza is the 482,070th most common family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 10,546,376 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Hamza are found; 87 percent are found in North Africa and 87 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,162,016th most common first name worldwide It is held by 70 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 462 people, or 1 in 83,618. In Algeria it is primarily found in: Tébessa Province, where 100 percent live and Skikda Province, where 0 percent live. Aside from Algeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 20 percent live and Niger, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Hamzy | 88 | 16,711 | / |
| El Hamzi | 88 | 626 | / |
| El-Hamza | 88 | 278 | / |
| El Hamca | 88 | 1 | / |
| El Hamsa | 88 | 1 | / |
| El Khamsa | 82 | 481 | / |
| El Khanza | 82 | 5 | / |
| El-Hamzat | 82 | 4 | / |
| El Hamsat | 82 | 4 | / |
| El Hamcha | 82 | 1 | / |
| El Anza | 80 | 132 | / |
| El Khamssa | 78 | 456 | / |
| El Hamssas | 78 | 1 | / |
| El Amjad | 75 | 240 | / |
| El Anzat | 75 | 8 | / |
| El Hamsi | 75 | 6 | / |
| El Hamji | 75 | 5 | / |
| El Khamsi | 71 | 789 | / |
| El Hamchi | 71 | 136 | / |
| El Khansa | 71 | 36 | / |
| El Hamssi | 71 | 10 | / |
| El Hansas | 71 | 1 | / |
| El-Khamsa | 71 | 1 | / |
| El Hamchy | 71 | 1 | / |
| El Amsy | 67 | 244 | / |
| El Khansaa | 67 | 204 | / |
| El Khanssa | 67 | 7 | / |
| El Anja | 67 | 1 | / |
| El Hamsout | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Hamza
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