El Kihel Surname

183,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,315 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Kihel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Kihel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco2,1131:16,3162,464
France1841:360,99353,985
Mauritania51:818,97323,459
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El Kihel Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Kihel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻜﻴﺤﻞ) is borne by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of El Kihel.

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

This last name is the 183,449th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 3,147,968 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of El Kihel reside; 91 percent reside in North Africa and 91 percent reside in Mahgreb.

The last name is most common in Morocco, where it is held by 2,113 people, or 1 in 16,316. Barring Morocco this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in France, where 8 percent are found and Mauritania, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Kiehel944/
El Khihel942/
El Kehel88174/
El Kéhel8841/
El Khiel8811/
El Kihil881/
El Khyel881/
El K'Hiel822/
El Keheil821/
El Khyhel821/
El Kehil7515/

El Kihel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Kihel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻜﻴﺤﻞalkyhl-

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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
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  • 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 Kihel
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