El Gilany Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Gilany Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Gilany 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
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

El Gilany Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Gilany (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺠﻴﻼﻧﻲ) is found most frequently in Egypt. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname El Gilany is the 5,391,485th most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of El Gilany live; 69 percent live in North Africa and 69 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

The surname El Gilany is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 10,215,084. Outside of Egypt it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 23 percent reside and Mauritania, where 8 percent reside.

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 Gailany951/
El Ghailany90206/
El Hgailany901/
El Gilani89277/
El Jilany8970/
El Gelany899/
El-Gilany892/
El Gilana891/
El Gheillany863/
El Ghaillany863/
El Ghilani84275/
El Jeilany84265/
El Sailany8434/
El Gailani842/
El Jillany842/
El Elany82169/
El Ghailani80873/
El Gheilani8054/
El Ghaylany8027/
El Jeillany802/
El Ghailane801/
El Helany782,978/
El Jilani78337/
El Ailani78170/
El Ajlany784/
El Zilani782/
El-Gelany781/
El Gheillani763/
El Ghaillani763/
El Jeilani74240/
El Hailani7451/
El Jailani7410/
El Haylany749/
El-Gillani748/
El Heilani742/
El Jeylany742/
El Geylani742/
El Hijlani741/
El Heliany741/
El Jeïlany741/
El Khilani741/
El-Ghilani741/
El Elani711/
El Ghaylani7094/
El Jeillani7024/
El Gueylani7010/
El Gheylani702/
El Djeilani701/
El Chailani701/
El Cheilani701/
El Khailani701/
El-Ghailani701/
El-Ghaylany701/
El Jaillani701/
El Ajlani67138/
El Jelani673/
El-Gylani672/
El Elaine672/
El-Jilani671/
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El Gilany Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Gilany in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺠﻴﻼﻧﻲaljylany-

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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 Gilany
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