El Jakani Surname

449,900th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 756 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Jakani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Jakani 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
Morocco7501:45,9687,487
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

El Jakani Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Jakani (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺠﻜﻨﻲ) is found in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of El Jakani.

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

The last name is the 449,900th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 9,639,611 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Jakani are found; 99 percent are found in North Africa and 99 percent are found in Mahgreb.

This surname is most common in Morocco, where it is held by 750 people, or 1 in 45,968. Outside of Morocco it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 0 percent reside and Mauritania, where 0 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 Djakani954/
El Zakani892/
El Khakani84171/
El Hakkani84138/
El-Sakani781/
El Hakouni74311/
El-Hakkani742/
El Hakkouni70307/
El Jakouney701/
El Hacane672/
El Hokany671/
El Yokhana633/
El Yaqouni631/
El Sokhany631/
El Houqany53117/
El Hoceini532/
El Haceine531/
El Houcaine509/
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El Jakani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Jakani in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺠﻜﻨﻲaljkny-

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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 Jakani
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