El Meligy Surname
Approximately 10,919 people bear this surname
El Meligy 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 Meligy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 10,525 | 1:8,735 | 1,066 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| Palestine | 19 | 1:239,413 | 9,903 |
| Jordan | 15 | 1:589,496 | 13,598 |
| Lebanon | 9 | 1:626,343 | 14,059 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
El Meligy (347) may also be a first name.
El Meligy 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_eldeebEl Meligy Demographics
El Meligy Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
El Meligy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Meligy Come From? nationality or country of origin
El Meligy occurs more in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of El Meligy click here.
How Common Is The Last Name El Meligy? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 47,402nd most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 667,419 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of El Meligy live; 96 percent live in North Africa and 96 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 468,121st most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 347 people.
The surname El Meligy is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is borne by 10,525 people, or 1 in 8,735. Aside from Egypt this surname exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 2 percent reside and Kuwait, where 1 percent reside.
El Meligy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Sunni (78%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Meleigy | 95 | 4 | / |
| El Melegy | 89 | 1,591 | / |
| El-Meligy | 89 | 1,384 | / |
| El Meligi | 89 | 435 | / |
| El Miligy | 89 | 308 | / |
| El Melige | 89 | 1 | / |
| El Meligui | 84 | 275 | / |
| El Meleegy | 84 | 153 | / |
| El Miliegy | 84 | 2 | / |
| El Meleigi | 84 | 1 | / |
| El-Melegy | 78 | 749 | / |
| El-Miligy | 78 | 282 | / |
| El-Meligi | 78 | 138 | / |
| El Melegi | 78 | 10 | / |
| El Miligi | 78 | 6 | / |
| El Melege | 78 | 1 | / |
| El-Meligui | 74 | 153 | / |
| El-Miligi | 67 | 275 | / |
| El-Melege | 67 | 1 | / |
| El-Melegi | 67 | 1 | / |
| El Moilid | 67 | 1 | / |
| El-Melegui | 63 | 5 | / |
| El Malyghi | 63 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
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