El Lahib Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Lahib Surname User-submission:

The surname El Lahib or Ellahib comes from the Arabic word lahab, which means 'flame'.

El Lahib Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
England31:18,572,686338,250
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

El Lahib Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname El Lahib or Ellahib comes from the Arabic word lahab, which means 'flame'.

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El Lahib Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Lahib occurs most in Egypt. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

This last name is the 1,573,888th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of El Lahib reside; 94 percent reside in North Africa and 94 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The last name is most frequent in Egypt, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Other than Egypt El Lahib is found in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 percent reside.

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