Elketab Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Elketab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Elketab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elketab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Elketab (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻜﺘﺎﺏ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Elketab? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Elketab live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 454,985. In Mauritania Elketab is primarily found in: Trarza Region, where 78 percent are found and Gorgol Region, where 22 percent are found. Aside from Mauritania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkettab | 93 | 2 | / |
| Elkhettab | 88 | 175 | / |
| Alketab | 86 | 1 | / |
| Elkhatab | 80 | 19 | / |
| Elkhetaf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Elkhattab | 75 | 531 | / |
| Alkhettab | 75 | 2 | / |
| Elkateb | 71 | 2,430 | / |
| Elkotob | 71 | 130 | / |
| Alkatab | 71 | 33 | / |
| Alkitab | 71 | 7 | / |
| Ilkitab | 71 | 2 | / |
| Elkhateb | 67 | 5,385 | / |
| Elkateeb | 67 | 552 | / |
| Alkhatab | 67 | 28 | / |
| Alkattab | 67 | 4 | / |
| Alkhitab | 67 | 2 | / |
| Alkaytab | 67 | 2 | / |
| Elkkateb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elkatteb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elkahteb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alkateab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alkataab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elkhatap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elkateib | 67 | 1 | / |
Elketab Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elketab in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻜﺘﺎﺏ | alktab | - |
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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 Elketab
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