El Hem Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Hem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Hem 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
Mauritania111:372,26015,230
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

El Hem (11) may also be a first name.

El Hem Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Hem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻬﻢ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of El Hem.

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

The last name is the 5,587,209th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Hem are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. El Hem is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name globally, borne by 11 people.

It is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Assaba Region, where 100 percent are found. Other than Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Algeria, where 8 percent are found.

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 Hemd925/
El Heme922/
El Chem921/
El Khem921/
El Em9125/
El Hemmd861/
El Heime861/
El Hen8311/
El Hichem805/
El Kheime803/
El Haim77273/
El Henk779/
El Chen779/
El Hend771/
El Hene771/
El Khen771/
El Hine771/
El Hesn771/
El En7322/
El Jm734/
El Hecen7117/
El Chine711/
El Hesen711/
El Aym671,312/
El Gen67214/
El Jim67140/
El Jmh67122/
El Hin6716/
El Hessen6712/
El Cheine672/
El Haicen672/
El Chaine672/
El Khaime671/
El Haycen671/
El Ein671/
El Ihn671/
El Khaine671/
El Hissen671/
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El Hem Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Hem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻬﻢalhm91.67
ﺃﻟﻬﻢalhm8.33

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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 Hem
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