El Mehjoub Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Mehjoub Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Mehjoub 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
Mauritania461:89,0195,672
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251

El Mehjoub Last Name Facts

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

El Mehjoub (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺤﺠﻮﺏ) is found most in Mauritania. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

It is the 2,746,821st most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname El Mehjoub is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Mehjoub reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 89,019. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 48 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 24 percent live and Brakna Region, where 4 percent live. Aside from Mauritania El Mehjoub is found in one country. It is also found in Morocco, where 8 percent live.

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 Mehjooub951/
El Mahjoub907,485/
El Mechoub901/
El Mohjoub901/
El Mahjaoub861/
El Mahijoub861/
El Mihoub84146/
El Majoub841/
El Majzoub80115/
El-Mahjoub802/
El Maihoub802/
El Mihub781/
El-Majoub741/
El-Majzoub7024/
El Mahgiub705/
El Majzaub702/
El Maizoub701/
El-Mauhoub701/
El Mayouf6354/
El Maiouf6313/
El Meeyuf635/
El Mayouv632/
El Maayouf60104/
El Maayouv603/
El Maaiouf602/
El Mayoufe601/
El Maiyouf601/
El Maayoufe571/
El Maayouff571/
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El Mehjoub Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Mehjoub in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺤﺠﻮﺏalmhjwb-

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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 Mehjoub
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