El Maham Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Maham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Maham 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
Mauritania81:511,85818,608
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Maham Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Maham (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻤﺤﻢ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

This last name is the 5,213,395th most frequent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of El Maham live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

The surname El Maham is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 511,858. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Brakna Region, where 75 percent reside, Gorgol Region, where 13 percent reside and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 13 percent reside. Besides Mauritania this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 29 percent reside and Syria, where 7 percent reside.

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 Mahamd944/
El Maam9313/
El Mahan887/
El Mam86189/
El Mahant822/
El Mame8047/
El Hmam8021/
El Mamn803/
El Mahaine7885/
El Mahasen7812/
El Mhachem785/
El Hmame753/
El Mahassin744/
El Man71533/
El Hmamdh71122/
El Mane671,077/
El Mann6764/
El Matn6749/
El Main6711/
El Hman673/
El-Hmam671/
El Mand671/
El Matin63110/
El Maine632/
El Mayne631/
El Moume631/
El Moumn631/
El Moime631/
El Mohsen59493/
El Moheen598/
El Moumne595/
El Mohcen594/
El Maytin591/
El Mon572/
El-Man572/
El Mouhcen5613/
El Mohssen564/
El Mouhsen564/
El Mouhsin563/
El Mein5322/
El-Mann537/
El Mouhssen533/
El Moun532/
El Mouhssin531/
El-Main531/
El Moune5014/
El Meine504/
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El Maham Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Maham in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻟﻤﺤﻢlmhm50
ﺍﻟﻤﺤﻢalmhm50

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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 Maham
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