El Meddah Surname

247,201st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,609 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

El Meddah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Meddah 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
Algeria1,3471:28,6805,205
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Mauritania1241:33,0232,679
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

El Meddah (119) may also be a first name.

El Meddah Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Meddah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺪﺍﺡ) is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

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

El Meddah is the 247,201st most common family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 4,529,239 people. El Meddah is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Meddah live; 92 percent live in North Africa and 92 percent live in Mahgreb. El Meddah is also the 856,040th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 119 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is held by 1,347 people, or 1 in 28,680. In Algeria El Meddah is primarily found in: Chlef Province, where 66 percent are found, Mostaganem Province, where 26 percent are found and Relizane Province, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Algeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 8 percent are found and Mauritania, where 8 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 Meiddah951/
El Medah94839/
El Maddah89406/
El Meidah89218/
El-Meddah895/
El Meydah892/
El Medahe892/
El Meïdah891/
El Meda882/
El Maddahy849/
El Meidahe842/
El Muiddah841/
El Meidayh841/
El Meidaha841/
El Madah82234/
El Mehda821/
El Mydah821/
El-Maddah78345/
El Medhos784/
El Mohdah784/
El Mehdad782/
El Mahdah781/
El Mada751,866/
El Moda754/
El Meidatt741/
El Maida719/
El Madai715/
El Majda715/
El Madha714/
El Midas712/
El Mhada711/
El Madaa711/
El Mahdey67123/
El Meidey671/
El Mado633/
El Mido631/
El-Mahdey563/
El Majdout534/
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El Meddah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Meddah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺪﺍﺡalmdah-

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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 Meddah
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