El Meligi Surname

683,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 435 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Meligi Surname User-submission:

The surname refers to Melig village in Monufia Governorate in Egypt. Holders of the surname have an ancestor who came from this village.

El Meligi 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
Egypt4271:215,30615,336
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El Meligi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname refers to Melig village in Monufia Governorate in Egypt. Holders of the surname have an ancestor who came from this village.

- ehab_eldeeb
DNA test information

El Meligi Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Meligi is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The surname is the 683,026th most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 16,752,979 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of El Meligi live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

The last name El Meligi is most frequent in Egypt, where it is held by 427 people, or 1 in 215,306. Other than Egypt this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent live and Italy, where 0 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 Meligui95275/
El Meleigi951/
El Meligy8910,919/
El-Meligi89138/
El Melegi8910/
El Miligi896/
El Melige891/
El-Meligui84153/
El Mejlisi8412/
El Meleigy844/
El Melegy781,591/
El-Meligy781,384/
El Miligy78308/
El-Miligi78275/
El-Melegi781/
El Melege781/
El Mejlisssi761/
El Meleegy74153/
El Miliegy742/
El Majlisi742/
El Mijlisi741/
El-Melegy67749/
El-Miligy67282/
El-Melege671/
El-Melijy671/
El-Melegui635/
El Malyghi631/
El-Melyjy561/
Show All Similar Surnames

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • 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 Meligi
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis