El Kaihel Surname

1,290,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 176 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Kaihel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Kaihel 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
Mauritania1711:23,9472,088
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379

El Kaihel Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Kaihel (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻜﻴﺤﻞ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of El Kaihel click here.

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

This last name is the 1,290,735th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Kaihel are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 23,947. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 40 percent live, Assaba Region, where 15 percent live and Brakna Region, where 9 percent live. Not including Mauritania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Algeria, where 3 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 Khaihel957/
El Keihel891,702/
El Kaihal89170/
El-Kaihel8915/
El Kaihle898/
El Kaihil893/
El Kéihel891/
El Khaiel891/
El Kayhel891/
El Kail882/
El Kheihel8465/
El Keihell8437/
El Khaihil846/
El Keihele841/
El Khail822,202/
El Khiel8211/
El Keihl822/
El Khyel821/
El Keihil78123/
El Keihal7839/
El Keyhel7815/
El-Keihel7810/
El Khaial784/
El Keihle783/
El K'Hiel782/
El Keuhel781/
El Khiyel781/
El Kheihil742/
El Keihill742/
El Kheihal741/
El Keihile741/
El Keihale741/
El K'Heyil741/
El Kehal71568/
El Kayal71263/
El-Kaial71214/
El Khayl71153/
El Kajal712/
El Kiyal711/
El Keyel711/
El Keyal711/
El Kheyhele701/
El Khayal672,203/
El Kiyale679/
El Khajal674/
El Keyhil672/
El-Keihil671/
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El Kaihel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Kaihel in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻜﻴﺤﻞalkyhl98.48
ﺍﻟﻜﺤﻴﻞalkhyl1.52

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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 Kaihel
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