El Mekaoui Surname

312,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Mekaoui Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Mekaoui 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
Morocco1,1591:29,7464,740
France381:1,747,966156,445
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

El Mekaoui Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Mekaoui is most common in Morocco. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

It is the 312,624th most prevalent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 6,057,810 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of El Mekaoui live; 96 percent live in North Africa and 96 percent live in Mahgreb.

The surname El Mekaoui is most widespread in Morocco, where it is held by 1,159 people, or 1 in 29,746. Without taking into account Morocco it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 3 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 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 Mekkaoui954,972/
El Meskaoui95274/
El Makaoui90876/
El-Mekaoui901/
El Makkaoui861,468/
El-Mekkaoui86136/
El Mekkaouy869/
El Meskaouy861/
El Makkaouy76206/
El-Makkaoui761/
El-Makkaouy674/
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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 Mekaoui
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