El Kays Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Kays Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Kays 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
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El Kays Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Kays occurs in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

El Kays is the 7,593,402nd most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of El Kays live; 67 percent live in North Africa and 67 percent live in Mahgreb.

The last name El Kays is most widely held in Morocco, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 8,619,025. Aside from Morocco this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 17 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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 Kays
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