El Khalil Surname

119,326th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,852 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Khalil Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Khalil 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
Morocco2,4201:14,2462,105
Mauritania1,2901:3,174387
Spain231:2,032,69753,462
Sweden161:615,42245,338
France151:4,428,181244,602
Lebanon151:375,80611,209
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
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El Khalil (1,160) may also be a first name.

El Khalil Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Khalil (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺨﻠﻴﻞ) is carried by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

El Khalil is the 119,326th most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,891,886 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of El Khalil live; 63 percent live in North Africa and 63 percent live in Mahgreb. El Khalil is also the 233,327th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,160 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Morocco, where it is held by 2,420 people, or 1 in 14,246. Without taking into account Morocco this surname occurs in 31 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 33 percent live and Spain, where 1 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 Khalill9522/
El Khallil953/
El Khailil951/
El Halil94273/
El Kalil944/
El Khalille901/
El-Khalil89302/
El Khelil8924/
El Khalel891/
El Jalil82154/
El Kalyl826/
El-Halil822/
El Kalel821/
El Kelil821/
El-Kalil821/
El-Jalil7113/
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El Khalil Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Khalil in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺨﻠﻴﻞalkhlyl98.86
ﺍﺧﻠﻴﻞakhlyl0.81
ﺍﻟﺨﺎﻟﻴﻞalkhalyl0.16
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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 Khalil
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