El Waghef Surname

1,104,724th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 221 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Waghef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Waghef 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
Mauritania2191:18,6981,715
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Waghef Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Waghef (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻮﺍﻗﻒ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname is the 1,104,724th most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 32,975,321 people. The surname El Waghef occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of El Waghef are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 219 people, or 1 in 18,698. In Mauritania El Waghef is most frequent in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 49 percent reside, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 27 percent reside and Hodh Chargui Region, where 12 percent reside. Beside Mauritania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside and Yemen, 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 Waghefe951/
El Wagef943/
El Waghev8931/
El Waguef8930/
El Waghif894/
El Weghef892/
El Wagheev841/
El Wagev821/
El Waghiv781/
El Waguev781/
El Waguif781/
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El Waghef Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Waghef in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻮﺍﻗﻒalwaqf-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Waghef
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