El Foullani Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Foullani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Foullani 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
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

El Foullani Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Foullani (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻔﻼﻥ) is most common in Algeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

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

El Foullani is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Foullani live; 83 percent live in North Africa and 83 percent live in Mahgreb.

El Foullani is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 9,657,888. In Algeria El Foullani is primarily found in: Tamanghasset Province, where 100 percent live. Aside from Algeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 17 percent live and Morocco, where 17 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
El Foulani95155/
El Folani901/
El Voullanie871/
El Vollani862/
El Foulany861/
El Voullany82147/
El Volani8012/
El Falani801/
El Folany801/
El Vollany762/
El Volaini761/
El Voulane761/
El Fallouni732/
El Falaneh671/
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El Foullani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Foullani in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻔﻼﻥalflan-

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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 El Foullani
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