El Wathig Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
El Wathig Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
El Wathig Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Wathig Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname El Wathig (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻮﺍﺛﻖ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of El Wathig.
How Common Is The Last Name El Wathig? popularity and diffusion
The last name El Wathig is the 5,587,209th most widespread surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name El Wathig occurs predominantly in Africa, where 58 percent of El Wathig reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Trarza Region, where 86 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 14 percent live. Other than Mauritania this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 42 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Wathigh | 95 | 1 | / |
| Elwathig | 94 | 18 | / |
| El Athig | 94 | 1 | / |
| El Wathiq | 89 | 1 | / |
| El-Wathig | 89 | 1 | / |
| El Wathegh | 84 | 33 | / |
| El Wethigh | 84 | 1 | / |
| El Watiq | 82 | 171 | / |
| El Watik | 82 | 10 | / |
| Elwathgh | 82 | 1 | / |
| El Wathiqah | 80 | 4 | / |
| Elwathehg | 78 | 1 | / |
| Al Wathiq | 78 | 1 | / |
| Al Wathiqi | 74 | 34 | / |
| Al Wathaki | 74 | 2 | / |
| El Wateq | 71 | 4 | / |
| El Batik | 71 | 2 | / |
| Al Thiga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elwathek | 71 | 1 | / |
| El Wuthqa | 67 | 122 | / |
| Alwathiqa | 67 | 4 | / |
| El Thiqah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Al Thigah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elthog | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elthik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elthic | 67 | 0 | / |
El Wathig Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| El Wathig in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻮﺍﺛﻖ | alwathq | - |
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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 Wathig
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