El Bekay Surname

660,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 455 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Bekay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Bekay 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
Mauritania4391:9,328981
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Spain71:6,678,86292,666

El Bekay (495) may also be a first name.

El Bekay Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Bekay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺒﻜﺎﻱ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Bekay? popularity and diffusion

It is the 660,498th most numerous surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 16,016,584 people. El Bekay is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of El Bekay reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 381,460th most widespread first name in the world, held by 495 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 439 people, or 1 in 9,328. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 40 percent are found, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 14 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 2 percent are found and Spain, where 2 percent are found.

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
El Bekaye941,201/
El Bekkay94626/
El Beckay9428/
El Bekhay947/
El Beikay941/
El Bekkaye89828/
El Beckaye8935/
El Beikaye899/
El Bekhaye898/
El Beekkay894/
El Beikhay891/
El Biekaye891/
El Bakay88284/
El Bekai88140/
El Becay8811/
El Bekka882/
El Bekey882/
El Bekah882/
El Bikay881/
El Bekye881/
El Bekkai82566/
El Bakkay82207/
El Bekaie82151/
El Becaye8215/
El Bakaye827/
El-Bekaye821/
El Backay821/
El Baka80585/
El Baky805/
El Boka802/
El Baqy801/
El Bakkaye781/
El Bokai7523/
El-Bekai7513/
El Bakai759/
El Bekie754/
El Bikai752/
El Bakka751/
El-Bikay751/
El Bikha751/
El Bakey751/
El Baeke751/
El Baecke711/
El Baqi674,849/
El Baki671,078/
El Baqa67397/
El Bake677/
El Bakiyah674/
El Biki674/
El Veke674/
El Boqa671/
El Bice671/
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El Bekay Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Bekay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺒﻜﺎﻱalbkay97.32
ﺍﻟﺒﻜﺎﻯalbkay2.34

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 El Bekay
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