El Katab Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Katab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Katab 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
Mauritania41:1,023,71625,172
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

El Katab Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Katab (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻜﺘﺎﺏ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

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

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name El Katab occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Katab live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 1,023,716. In Mauritania it is most common in: Trarza Region, where 50 percent live, Adrar Region, where 25 percent live and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 25 percent live. Excluding Mauritania it occurs in one country. It is also found in Morocco, where 20 percent live.

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 Khatab94325/
El Kastab941/
El Kattab941/
El Kaitab941/
El Khattab891,611/
El Kateb88705/
El Ketab8896/
El-Katab884/
El Kataf881/
El Khateb82933/
El Kateeb82155/
El Kettab8251/
El-Khatab821/
El Kothab821/
El Khetab821/
El Kateib821/
El Khateeb782,978/
El Khettab78460/
El-Khattab78123/
El Kachtaf784/
El Kahteeb784/
El Khateib781/
El Khattaf781/
El-Kateb75616/
El Kotob7534/
El Keteb752/
El Ketob751/
El Ketap751/
El-Khateb71552/
El Quetab7110/
El Kotoub716/
El Khotob711/
El-Khateeb671,705/
El Koutoub6716/
El-Khateib671/
El Kaitouf671/
El Kattouf671/
El Khotoub671/
El-Kotob639/
El Khoutoub631/
El Khachtouf601/
El Quotob591/
El-Kotov501/
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El Katab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Katab in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻜﺘﺎﺏalktab-

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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 Katab
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