El Merzoug Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Merzoug Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Merzoug 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
Mauritania51:818,97323,459
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251

El Merzoug Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Merzoug (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺮﺯﻭﻙ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name is the 6,360,413th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Merzoug reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 818,973. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Assaba Region, where 20 percent live, Hodh Chargui Region, where 20 percent live and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 20 percent live. Other than Mauritania it is found in one country. It is also common in Morocco, where 44 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 Merzough951/
El Merzougue911/
El Merzouk90170/
El Marzoug901/
El Marzough861/
El Marzouq803,764/
El Marzouk801/
El Marzzouk761/
El Merzak749/
El Marzak63899/
El-Marzuq632/
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El Merzoug Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Merzoug in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺮﺯﻭﻙalmrzwk-

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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 Merzoug
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