El Kahla Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Tunisia

El Kahla Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Kahla Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria781:495,27636,958
France221:3,019,215204,848
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El Kahla (239) may also be a first name.

El Kahla Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Kahla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻜﺤﻠﻪ) is found most in Algeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

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

The surname is the 1,612,213th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of El Kahla are found; 73 percent are found in North Africa and 73 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 578,640th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 239 people.

The surname is most common in Algeria, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 495,276. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Tébessa Province, where 99 percent live and Khenchela Province, where 1 percent live. Apart from Algeria El Kahla is found in 8 countries. It is also common in France, where 18 percent live and Tunisia, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

El Kahla Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Kahla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻜﺤﻠﻪalkhlh65.96
ﺍﻟﻜﺤﻠﺔalkhlt19.15
ﺍﻟﻜﻬﻠﺔalkhlt6.38
ﺍﻟﻜﺤﻞalkhl4.26
ﺍﻟﻜﻬﻠﻪalkhlh3.19

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Footnotes

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