Maghreb Surname

654,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 461 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Maghreb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maghreb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco3071:112,30019,480
Iran1291:595,21333,206
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Moldova51:712,27439,996
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Maghreb (118) may also be a first name.

Maghreb Last Name Facts

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

The last name Maghreb is found most in Morocco. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maghreb? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 654,010th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,808,126 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Maghreb reside; 69 percent reside in North Africa and 67 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 859,937th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 118 people.

The last name Maghreb is most commonly used in Morocco, where it is borne by 307 people, or 1 in 112,300. Outside of Morocco this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 28 percent are found and Egypt, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Magreb927/
Maghrab86243/
Maghrib86227/
Maghrob865/
Moghreb863/
Maghref863/
Maghrep861/
Meghreb861/
Magrib77299/
Magrew7758/
Magrab7726/
Megreb771/
Magref771/
Mahgrib7112/
Macgrew718/
Mangrew715/
MacGrob714/
Mangrib713/
Maggrib712/
Meghrab711/
Moghrab711/
Magreev711/
Magriev711/
Magreff710/
Moughrab673/

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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 Maghreb
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