El Kadi Surname

97,612th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,861 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Kadi Surname User-submission:

This surname derives from the Arabic word Kadi, which means 'judge'. El or al translates to 'the'. So El Kadi means 'the judge'.

El Kadi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco2,2491:15,3302,288
Egypt1,3121:70,0736,466
Saudi Arabia3981:77,52710,981
Spain3081:151,79211,199
France2011:330,46149,960
Belgium811:141,93420,189
Venezuela431:702,42011,917
Netherlands411:411,88242,990
United Arab Emirates381:241,11217,024
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Qatar251:94,32010,875
Brazil231:9,307,580200,052
Niger191:1,010,10622,252
Norway131:395,56035,657
Algeria121:3,219,29645,820
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Mauritania51:818,97323,459
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Kadi (17) may also be a first name.

El Kadi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname derives from the Arabic word Kadi, which means 'judge'. El or al translates to 'the'. So El Kadi means 'the judge'.

- imaneel

El Kadi Last Name Facts

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

El Kadi is more frequently found in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname is the 97,612th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,499,187 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of El Kadi live; 74 percent live in North Africa and 47 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 17 people.

This surname is most numerous in Morocco, where it is held by 2,249 people, or 1 in 15,330. Barring Morocco this last name exists in 33 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 27 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 8 percent live.

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