El Katib Surname

469,804th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 715 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Katib Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Katib 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
Morocco3751:91,93615,801
Egypt3051:301,42919,796
Brazil211:10,194,016213,214
Venezuela111:2,745,82529,869
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

El Katib (154) may also be a first name.

El Katib Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Katib has its highest incidence in Morocco. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

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

The last name El Katib is the 469,804th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,192,372 people. The last name El Katib occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of El Katib live; 95 percent live in North Africa and 52 percent live in Mahgreb. El Katib is also the 740,891st most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 154 people.

The last name El Katib is most prevalent in Morocco, where it is carried by 375 people, or 1 in 91,936. Excluding Morocco this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 43 percent live and Brazil, where 3 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 Khatib948,308/
El Kathib944/
El Kaatib941/
El Kateib941/
El Khatieb899/
El Khaitib895/
El Khateib891/
El Kateb88705/
El-Katib88163/
El Qatib889/
El-Khatib823,748/
El Khateb82933/
El Kateeb82155/
El Khatyb82137/
El Khatip824/
El-Kattib823/
El-Kathib821/
El Quatib821/
El-Kaatib821/
El Khateeb782,978/
El-Khatieb78247/
El-Khattib785/
El Kahteeb784/
El-Khateib781/
El Kahatip781/
El-Kateb75616/
El Keteb752/
El-Khateb71552/
El-Khatyb713/
El Kouteb711/
El-Khateeb671,705/
El Khouteb671/
El Couteb591/
El-Khateep561/
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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 Katib
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