El Kalil Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Kalil Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Kalil Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397

El Kalil Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Kalil (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺨﻠﻴﻞ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

El Kalil is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of El Kalil reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania El Kalil is most frequent in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 50 percent are found and Trarza Region, where 50 percent are found. Apart from Mauritania El Kalil exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 25 percent are found and France, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Khalil943,852/
El Khalill8922/
El Khallil893/
El Khailil891/
El Kalyl886/
El Kalel881/
El Kelil881/
El-Kalil881/
El Khalille841/
El-Khalil82302/
El Khelil8224/
El Khalel821/

El Kalil Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Kalil in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺨﻠﻴﻞalkhlyl-

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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 Kalil
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