El Jilany Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Jilany Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Jilany 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
Mauritania641:63,9824,428
Qatar61:393,00055,922

El Jilany (13) may also be a first name.

El Jilany Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Jilany (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺠﻴﻼﻧﻲ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of El Jilany.

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

El Jilany is the 2,273,756th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of El Jilany are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. El Jilany is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 13 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 63,982. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 27 percent are found, Guidimagha Region, where 27 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 27 percent are found. Beside Mauritania it is found in one country. It also occurs in Qatar, where 9 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 Jeilany95265/
El Jillany952/
El Jeillany902/
El Jilani89337/
El Gilany8913/
El Ajlany894/
El Jeilani84240/
El Jailani8410/
El Jeylany842/
El Gailany841/
El Jeïlany841/
El Elany82169/
El Jeillani8024/
El Jaillani801/
El Hgailany801/
El Helany782,978/
El Gilani78277/
El Ailani78170/
El Ajlani78138/
El Gelany789/
El Jelani783/
El-Gilany782/
El-Jilani781/
El Hailani7451/
El Jeylani7450/
El Haylany749/
El Gailani742/
El Heilani742/
El Hijlani741/
El Jellani741/
El Khilani741/
El Heliany741/
El Elani711/
El Khajlani702/
El Khailani701/
El Jeylanei701/
El Cheilani701/
El Chailani701/
El Elaine672/
El-Jelani671/
El-Gelany671/
El-Gillani638/
El Geylani632/
El Haylani631/
El-Gaylani532/
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El Jilany Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Jilany in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺠﻴﻼﻧﻲaljylany80.65
ﺍﻟﺠﻴﻼﻥaljylan9.68
ﺍﻟﺠﻴﻼﻧﻰaljylany6.45
ﺍﻟﺠﻼﻧﻲaljlany3.23

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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
  • 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 Jilany
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