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
The last name El Khalef (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺨﻠﻒ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of El Khalef click here.
How Common Is The Last Name El Khalef? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,931,261st most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. El Khalef is primarily 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 at a global level. It is borne by 15 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 44,509. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Trarza Region, where 72 percent are found, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 20 percent are found and Assaba Region, where 7 percent are found. Other than Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Morocco, where 1 percent are found.
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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