El Maghraby Surname

13,689th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40,770 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Jordan

El Maghraby Surname User-submission:

A name for the people who come from North Africa.

El Maghraby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen15,2241:1,736269
Jordan10,5701:837110
Egypt5,7051:16,1151,886
Lebanon3,6711:1,536290
Palestine2,1311:2,135427
Syria2,0541:9,397870
Kuwait6851:5,548756
Saudi Arabia3981:77,52710,981
United Arab Emirates1491:61,4925,896
Oman811:45,5312,678
Tunisia441:13,8782,274
Iraq311:1,129,73113,630
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

El Maghraby Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A name for the people who come from North Africa.

- mmaghrpy

El Maghraby Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Maghraby is held by more people in Yemen than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The last name El Maghraby is the 13,689th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 178,748 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 86 percent of El Maghraby are found; 86 percent are found in West Asia and 45 percent are found in Levant.

The last name is most widely held in Yemen, where it is held by 15,224 people, or 1 in 1,736. In Yemen it is most prevalent in: Ibb Governorate, where 20 percent live, Dhamar Governorate, where 17 percent live and Taiz Governorate, where 17 percent live. Aside from Yemen this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 26 percent live and Egypt, where 14 percent live.

El Maghraby Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the El Maghraby surname is chiefly Sunni (56%) in Lebanon.

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