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 last name El Jilany (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺠﻴﻼﻧﻲ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

This surname is the 2,273,756th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name occurs mostly 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. It is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 13 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 63,982. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Assaba Region, where 27 percent reside, Guidimagha Region, where 27 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 27 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Qatar, where 9 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 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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