El Koutoub Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
El Koutoub Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 15 | 1:272,991 | 12,403 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
El Koutoub (28) may also be a first name.
El Koutoub Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Koutoub Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname El Koutoub (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻘﻄﺐ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of El Koutoub.
How Common Is The Last Name El Koutoub? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Koutoub are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. El Koutoub is also the 1,994,417th most common forename internationally, borne by 28 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 272,991. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 47 percent reside, Adrar Region, where 13 percent reside and Assaba Region, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Mauritania it is found in one country. It also occurs in Senegal, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Kotoub | 95 | 6 | / |
| El Khoutoub | 95 | 1 | / |
| El Khotoub | 90 | 1 | / |
| El Kotob | 89 | 34 | / |
| El Kutub | 89 | 1 | / |
| El Khotob | 84 | 1 | / |
| El-Kotob | 78 | 9 | / |
| El Kothab | 74 | 1 | / |
| El Quotob | 74 | 1 | / |
| El Khuttab | 70 | 580 | / |
| El Katab | 67 | 5 | / |
| El-Kotov | 67 | 1 | / |
| El Khatab | 63 | 325 | / |
| El Kateeb | 63 | 155 | / |
| El Kateib | 63 | 1 | / |
| El Kattab | 63 | 1 | / |
| El Kastab | 63 | 1 | / |
| El Kaitab | 63 | 1 | / |
| El Khateeb | 60 | 2,978 | / |
| El Khattab | 60 | 1,611 | / |
| El Khatieb | 60 | 9 | / |
| El Kahteeb | 60 | 4 | / |
| El Khateib | 60 | 1 | / |
| El-Katab | 56 | 4 | / |
| El-Khatab | 53 | 1 | / |
| El-Khateeb | 50 | 1,705 | / |
| El-Khatieb | 50 | 247 | / |
| El-Khattab | 50 | 123 | / |
| El-Khateib | 50 | 1 | / |
El Koutoub Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| El Koutoub in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻘﻄﺐ | alqtb | - |
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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 Koutoub
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