Elkhatib Surname

37,121st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Elkhatib Surname User-submission:

The surname means 'the orator' in Arabic and it refers to the person who use to orate to the people in the mosques especially in the Friday's prayer. Holders of the surname may have an ancestor who was working in this profession.

Elkhatib Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt9,3661:9,8161,183
Saudi Arabia2,3851:12,9371,813
Morocco1,2951:26,6224,228
United States4951:732,24057,446
United Arab Emirates1671:54,8645,377
Qatar1471:16,0411,752
Canada1001:368,45633,054
Kuwait961:39,5914,718
Australia271:999,84158,390
England221:2,532,63991,802
Denmark121:470,39330,183
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Jordan111:803,85814,945
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
France71:9,488,960336,266
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
Lebanon41:1,409,27119,641
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Malta11:430,2723,380
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Elkhatib (11) may also be a first name.

Elkhatib Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname means 'the orator' in Arabic and it refers to the person who use to orate to the people in the mosques especially in the Friday's prayer. Holders of the surname may have an ancestor who was working in this profession.

- ehab_eldeeb

Elkhatib Last Name Facts

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

Elkhatib (Russian: Эльхатиб) occurs most in Egypt. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elkhatib? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 37,121st most commonly held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 513,207 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Elkhatib are found; 75 percent are found in North Africa and 66 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 11 people.

It is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is carried by 9,366 people, or 1 in 9,816. Barring Egypt this surname exists in 42 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 17 percent live and Morocco, where 9 percent live.

Elkhatib Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Elkhatib surname are 1.53% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.76% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Elkhatib earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 38.2% more than the national average, earning R 328,404 per year; in United States they earn 11.14% more than the national average, earning $47,957 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.5% less than the national average, earning $47,447 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Elkhatuib944/
El'khatib941/
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Alkhatib8815,714/
Elkhateb885,385/
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Elkhatyb886/
Elkahtib885/
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Elkhativ883/
Elkaatib881/
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Elkhateeb8212,028/
Alkhatieb82288/
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Elkhatteb82184/
Alkhattib824/
Alkhataib822/
Alkahatib822/
Aelkhateb821/
Elkateb802,430/
Alkatib801,056/
Eljatib8045/
Elkatip8031/
Elcatib801/
Elqatib801/
Elkhatteeb7811/
Ellkhateeb781/
Alkhateb751,269/
Elkateeb75552/
Elkhatep75279/
Alkhatip7521/
Alkahtib757/
Alkatieb756/
Alkattib754/
Alkhatyb752/
Elkahteb751/
Elkatteb751/
Elkkateb751/
Alkathib751/
Alkhateeb7116,299/
Elkhateep715/
Alkhatteb713/
Alkhateab713/
Alkkhatyb712/
Elkhateap711/
Alkhattyb711/
Alkateb671,225/
Alketib674/
Allkhateeb671/
Alcatib671/

Elkhatib Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Elkhatib in the Russian language
Эльхатибelhatib-

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