El Khalef Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
El Khalef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 92 | 1:44,509 | 3,346 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
El Khalef (15) may also be a first name.
El Khalef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Khalef Come From? nationality or country of origin
El Khalef (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺨﻠﻒ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name El Khalef? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,931,261st most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Khalef live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most common first name worldwide It is held by 15 people.
It is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 44,509. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Trarza Region, where 72 percent reside, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 20 percent reside and Assaba Region, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Mauritania it occurs in one country. It is also common in Morocco, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Khalefe | 95 | 1 | / |
| El Halef | 94 | 96 | / |
| El Kalef | 94 | 1 | / |
| El Khalev | 89 | 59 | / |
| El Khalif | 89 | 13 | / |
| El Khelef | 89 | 1 | / |
| El Khalife | 84 | 16 | / |
| El Kalev | 82 | 1 | / |
| El Haleb | 82 | 1 | / |
| El Kelef | 82 | 1 | / |
| El Halife | 78 | 2 | / |
| El-Khalif | 78 | 1 | / |
| El Halib | 71 | 4 | / |
| El Qaleb | 71 | 1 | / |
| El Halayfeh | 70 | 27 | / |
| El Khouleva | 70 | 5 | / |
| El Qalib | 59 | 9 | / |
| El-Jaleb | 59 | 4 | / |
| El-Qaleb | 59 | 1 | / |
El Khalef Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| El Khalef in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺨﻠﻒ | alkhlf | 97.92 |
| ﻟﺨﻠﻒ | lkhlf | 2.08 |
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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 Khalef
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