Ghayib Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Ghayib Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Ghayib 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
Mauritania281:146,2458,155
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Ghayib Last Name Facts

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

Ghayib (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻏﺎﻳﺐ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ghayib.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghayib? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,665,662nd most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ghayib reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

The last name Ghayib is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 146,245. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 93 percent live, Hodh Chargui Region, where 4 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 4 percent live. Barring Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Iran, where 3 percent live.

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
Ghaib915,464/
Ghayb912,582/
Gayib912/
Ghayeb836,520/
Ghaayb83278/
Ghaieb8313/
Ghayab837/
Ghajib833/
Ghayub832/
Ghaibs831/
Gahaib831/
Gaib801,978/
Ghaieeb771,066/
Ghayoub7710/
Ghayebh778/
Ghayoob772/
Ghaioub771/
Ghayyob771/
Ghaihab771/
Ghayaub771/
Ghaeb73764/
Gayip73285/
Gayab73121/
Gheab7396/
Gayob7361/
Ghoib7352/
Goyib7334/
Gaieb7331/
Gajib7318/
Gheib7315/
Gaiab7311/
Gayub7311/
Gayeb736/
Ngaib735/
Gehab733/
Gaaib732/
Ghaif731/
Ghyeb731/
Ghieb731/
Gayibova7114/
Ghayaf67161/
Ghaife6736/
Ngajib6713/
Ghajab6713/
Ngayub676/
Ghoyibova671/
Ghayvs671/
Ghaiiv671/
Ngayob671/
Gaihab671/
Ghajub671/
Ghaywt671/
Ghayvt671/
Ghayav671/
Gayoob671/
Gayaub671/
Gehjab671/
Ghayef671/
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Ghayib Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ghayib in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻏﺎﻳﺐghayb69.23
ﻗﺎﻳﺐqayb30.77

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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 Ghayib
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