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.

DNA test information

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 last name El Mah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺎﺡ) is found most in Yemen. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 80 percent of El Mah live; 80 percent live in West Asia and 80 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. El Mah is also the 5,493,085th most commonly held given name in the world, held by 5 people.

This surname is most frequent in Yemen, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 8,808,431. Aside from Yemen El Mah exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 20 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 20 percent are found.

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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