El Jilani Surname

823,466th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 337 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Jilani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Jilani 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
Morocco2731:126,28622,036
Mauritania581:70,6014,804
Niger61:3,198,67054,540

El Jilani (26) may also be a first name.

El Jilani Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Jilani (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺠﻴﻼﻧﻲ) occurs most in Morocco. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

The last name El Jilani is the 823,466th most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,624,765 people. The last name El Jilani is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Jilani reside; 81 percent reside in North Africa and 81 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 26 people.

The last name is most widely held in Morocco, where it is held by 273 people, or 1 in 126,286. Outside of Morocco this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 17 percent live and Niger, where 2 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 Jeilani95240/
El Jailani9510/
El Jeillani9024/
El Jaillani901/
El Djeilani901/
El Gilani89277/
El Ailani89170/
El Ajlani89138/
El Jilany8970/
El Jelani893/
El Zilani892/
El-Jilani891/
El Jeilany84265/
El Hailani8451/
El Jeylani8450/
El Heilani842/
El Gailani842/
El Jillany842/
El Hijlani841/
El Khilani841/
El Jellani841/
El Elani821/
El Khajlani802/
El Jeillany802/
El Khailani801/
El Jeylanei801/
El Cheilani801/
El Chailani801/
El Gilany7813/
El Ajlany784/
El-Jelani781/
El Sailany7434/
El-Gillani748/
El Jeylany742/
El Geylani742/
El Haylani741/
El Jeïlany741/
El Gailany741/
El Elany71169/
El Hgailany701/
El Helany672,978/
El Gelany679/
El Zehlanieh673/
El-Gilany672/
El Elaine672/
El-Ajloni671/
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El Jilani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Jilani in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺠﻴﻼﻧﻲaljylany70.97
ﺍﻟﺠﻼﻧﻲaljlany19.35
ﺍﻟﺠﻴﻼﻧﻰaljylany6.45
ﺍﻟﺠﻴﻼﻥaljylan3.23

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Jilani
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