El Mahi Surname

72,831st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,766 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Mahi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Mahi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco5,0781:6,789845
Algeria5461:70,75411,491
France3571:186,05828,941
Spain2791:167,57012,048
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Belgium911:126,33718,388
Sudan491:765,5142,614
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
England51:11,143,612252,590
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Libya11:6,243,9746,186

El Mahi (83) may also be a first name.

El Mahi Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Mahi is carried by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

It is the 72,831st most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,077,083 people. The surname El Mahi is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of El Mahi reside; 86 percent reside in North Africa and 83 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,052,971st most frequent first name on earth It is held by 83 people.

The last name El Mahi is most frequently used in Morocco, where it is held by 5,078 people, or 1 in 6,789. Beside Morocco it is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 8 percent live and France, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El-Mahi8652/
El Mohi8614/
El Majji809/
El Moait801/
El Moais801/
El Mahoy801/
El Mouaid7519/
El Mouaiz756/
El Majhed755/
El Maouha751/
El Maua71153/
El-Mahaier711/
El Moua711/
El Mahahey711/
El Maayesh711/
El Mouid679/
El Mouiz674/
El Meiji672/
El Mouis671/
El Hmouid632/
El Moez57211/
El Mouj572/
El-Hmouid501/

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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 Mahi
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