El Saghir Surname

19,232nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,583 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Tunisia

El Saghir Surname User-submission:

This name is of Arab origin, and it translates to 'the young'. It comes from el, which means 'the' and saghir, which means 'young'.

When written in Arabic, it spells الصغير, which is El Saghir. However, when translated into English, it is often is written as Elsaghir.

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El Saghir 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
Yemen18,2401:1,449218
Jordan4,1521:2,130405
Syria1,9791:9,753893
Lebanon1,2291:4,587822
United Arab Emirates1,0921:8,3901,046
Egypt7321:125,59510,096
Tunisia4591:1,330106
Kuwait3371:11,2781,556
Palestine2781:16,3632,819
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
Oman141:263,4264,299
France101:6,642,272293,169
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
Mauritania41:1,023,71625,172
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Malta11:430,2723,380
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
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El Saghir (180) may also be a first name.

El Saghir Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This name is of Arab origin, and it translates to 'the young'. It comes from el, which means 'the' and saghir, which means 'young'.

When written in Arabic, it spells الصغير, which is El Saghir. However, when translated into English, it is often is written as Elsaghir.

- eosiahelsaghir
DNA test information
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Saghir Demographics

El Saghir Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 884 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Saghir Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Saghir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﻐﻴﺮ) is found most in Yemen. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of El Saghir.

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

The last name is the 19,232nd most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 254,961 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of El Saghir are found; 96 percent are found in West Asia and 69 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 679,247th most frequently held given name internationally, borne by 180 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Yemen, where it is carried by 18,240 people, or 1 in 1,449. In Yemen El Saghir is mostly concentrated in: Taiz Governorate, where 21 percent live, Raymah Governorate, where 13 percent live and Dhamar Governorate, where 12 percent live. Apart from Yemen this surname exists in 23 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 15 percent live and Syria, where 7 percent live.

El Saghir Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the El Saghir surname is predominantly Sunni (51%) in Lebanon.

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 Saghier95183/
El Sagheir959/
El Shagheir901/
El Sagher89462/
El-Saghir89234/
El Zaghir8915/
El Sagheer84276/
El-Saghier84217/
El Soghair84183/
El Soghier841/
El Sager82542/
El-Zaghir789/
El Shager786/
El Sogher784/
El Sogair784/
El Sageer781/
El-Sagheer741/
El-Zagir711/
El Zoughair703/
El-Sogher674/
El Souger672/
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El Saghir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Saghir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺼﻐﻴﺮalsghyr-

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