Ghoul

surname · Latin script

Meaning: A demon said to feed on corpses

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɡul/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ghoul is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 54K(inferred from the name graph)
  • TNTunisia≈1 in 7K
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 19K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Algeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,300 people, est.

Sources
177 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Tunisia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A demon said to feed on corpses.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ghoul counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ghoul is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DZ Algeria#768≈2,300 est.≈1 in 19KlistedGhoul24
TN Tunisia#377≈1,700 est.≈1 in 7K—Ghoul35
FR France—≈1,200 est.≈1 in 54K95Ghoul177
MA Morocco—≈890 est.≈1 in 40K—Ghoul28
CN China—≈240 est.≈1 in 5.8M—Ghoul3
LB Lebanon—≈200 est.≈1 in 27K—Ghoul22
ES Spain—401 in 1.3M40—12

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the dz-kaggle-names register; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ghoul is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, Argentina, United States, Venezuela

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Ghöül

  • Swedish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, Denmark

    Languages: Swedish, Danish

    Also written Ghôül

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Ghoul is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Portuguese, ghoul (a spirit said to feed on corpses)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalMadame, Monsieur,Dear Ghoul, (English)
InformalMadame, Monsieur,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Ghoul
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981102—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199195—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197180—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196154—
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—40#52,590
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—40#51,690
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195126—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19414—
DZ AlgeriaAlgerian names (Kaggle, MIT)———
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1911——

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ghoul mean, and where does it come from?
A demon said to feed on corpses. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Ghoul?
A machine transcription gives /ɡul/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Ghoul have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.3 thousand people named Ghoul in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ghoul.
How common is the name Ghoul?
In Spain, the national register counted 40 people named Ghoul, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.
How common is Ghoul compared with other names?
In Algeria, Ghoul is the 768th most common surname of 89,473 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ghoul” — the 768th most common surname in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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