El Hessen 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 Hessen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Hessen 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 Hessen (25) may also be a first name.

El Hessen Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Hessen (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺴﻦ) is most common in Mauritania. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

El Hessen is the 5,587,209th most common surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Hessen live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Senegambia Africa. El Hessen is also the 2,136,160th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 25 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 27 percent reside, Trarza Region, where 18 percent reside and Adrar Region, where 9 percent reside. Besides Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Algeria, where 8 percent reside.

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 Essen941/
El Hesen941/
El Heissene902/
El Hassen892,857/
El Hossen8935/
El Hessan893/
El Hissen891/
El Jessen891/
El Hesn881/
El Kheshen84408/
El Haissen84205/
El Hossien849/
El Hassien842/
El Hessane841/
El Hasseïn841/
El Hasen8261/
El Hecen8217/
El Hen8011/
El Haissene801/
El Hassan7877,955/
El Hossan786/
El-Hassen784/
El Hassin782/
El Heshin782/
El Hessom781/
El Hasson781/
El Hossin781/
El Chen759/
El Henk759/
El Hend751/
El Hene751/
El Khen751/
El-Kheshen74218/
El Haissan74170/
El Hissane744/
El Hisan71702/
El Ahsan71275/
El Hasan7150/
El Assan7123/
El En7122/
El Hasin7111/
El Issin715/
El Yssin711/
El Hosan711/
El Haissane704/
El Cheschin701/
El-Hassan679,355/
El Gen67214/
El Hin6716/
El Hem6712/
El Haicen672/
El Cheine672/
El Ihn671/
El Haycen671/
El Ein671/
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El Hessen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Hessen in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺤﺴﻦalhsn-

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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
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  • 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 Hessen
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