El Hilal Surname

450,743rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 754 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Hilal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Hilal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco5451:63,25910,584
Mauritania1851:22,1341,961
France131:5,109,440259,941
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El Hilal (10) may also be a first name.

El Hilal Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Hilal (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻬﻼﻝ) occurs in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

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

It is the 450,743rd most commonly held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 9,665,180 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of El Hilal reside; 72 percent reside in North Africa and 72 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 10 people.

The last name El Hilal is most frequently occurring in Morocco, where it is carried by 545 people, or 1 in 63,259. Outside of Morocco this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 25 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Hilale94240/
El Hillal946/
El Hilayl944/
El Hilall941/
El Helal884/
El Ailal881/
El Hellal82138/
El-Hillal823/
El Helhal821/
El Khellal784/
El Jlalh75153/
El Jelal7511/
El Elaal751/
El-Helale711/
El-Jellal591/
El-Hayloul561/

El Hilal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Hilal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻬﻼﻝalhlal96.08
ﺍﻟﻬﻴﻼﻝalhylal3.92

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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 Hilal
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