El Mah Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Mah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Mah 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
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El Mah (5) may also be a first name.

El Mah Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Mah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺎﺡ) is held by more people in Yemen than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of El Mah click here.

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

El Mah is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 80 percent of El Mah are found; 80 percent are found in West Asia and 80 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 5,493,085th most frequently used forename globally It is held by 5 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Yemen, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 8,808,431. Outside of Yemen this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 20 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 20 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 Mahy92832/
El Maha9210/
El Mahs929/
El Mach927/
El Madh924/
El Mahh921/
El Ma91163/
El Maach86370/
El Mahas862/
El Mahaj862/
El Hmayh861/
El Moh83136/
El May8381/
El Mai8329/
El Mas8324/
El Maz8316/
El Maa835/
El Mad834/
El Moa833/
El Maj832/
El Mat831/
El Mahahy8024/
El Mashst804/
El Mahatt804/
El Mahash803/
El Hmaich801/
El Mayt77763/
El Maad77366/
El Mais77160/
El Majd77142/
El Mait7736/
El Maaz7733/
El Mohy7716/
El Mays777/
El Mouh777/
El Mass774/
El Moch773/
El-Mach771/
El Maai771/
El Mazz771/
El Mhai771/
El Mahahey751/
El Mo731/
El Mouch71298/
El Maiss7110/
El Moudh718/
El Mhaud714/
El-Mahas711/
El-Mas67129/
El Moi6715/
El Mey6711/
El-Mai675/
El Moz674/
El Moy672/
El Mou672/
El-Maa671/
El Moo671/
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El Mah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Mah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺎﺡalmah66.67
ﺍﻟﻤﺎﻩalmah33.33

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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 Mah
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