El Mahfoud Surname
Approximately 2,409 people bear this surname
El Mahfoud Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 2,283 | 1:15,101 | 2,246 |
| Mauritania | 73 | 1:56,094 | 4,003 |
| France | 48 | 1:1,383,807 | 136,859 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
El Mahfoud (652) may also be a first name.
El Mahfoud Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Mahfoud Come From? nationality or country of origin
El Mahfoud (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺤﻔﻮﻅ) occurs in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name El Mahfoud? popularity and diffusion
It is the 177,544th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 3,025,133 people. The last name El Mahfoud occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of El Mahfoud live; 95 percent live in North Africa and 95 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 325,275th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 652 people.
El Mahfoud is most widespread in Morocco, where it is borne by 2,283 people, or 1 in 15,101. Besides Morocco this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 3 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Mahfoudh | 95 | 386 | / |
| El Mafoud | 95 | 1 | / |
| El Mahfouz | 90 | 88 | / |
| El Mahfouy | 90 | 1 | / |
| El Mahfout | 90 | 1 | / |
| El-Mahfoud | 90 | 1 | / |
| El Mohfoud | 90 | 1 | / |
| El Mehfoudh | 86 | 20 | / |
| El Mohfoudh | 86 | 10 | / |
| El Mahfuz | 84 | 1 | / |
| El Mafa | 71 | 1 | / |
| El Mahfait | 70 | 1 | / |
| El Mafea | 67 | 12 | / |
| El Moudfoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| El Mafie | 67 | 1 | / |
| El Mafaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| El Moufaoued | 64 | 3 | / |
| El Maafaa | 63 | 836 | / |
| El Maafah | 63 | 111 | / |
| El Mafeeh | 63 | 5 | / |
| El Moufaz | 63 | 1 | / |
| El Mosfah | 63 | 1 | / |
| El Maaifah | 60 | 1 | / |
El Mahfoud Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| El Mahfoud in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻤﺤﻔﻮﻅ | almhfwz | 97.73 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺨﻔﻮﻅ | almkhfwz | 2.27 |
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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
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- 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 Mahfoud
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