El Mami Surname

249,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,590 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Mami Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Mami Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania1,5681:2,612321
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

El Mami (219) may also be a first name.

El Mami Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Mami (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺎﻣﻲ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name is the 249,631st most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,583,362 people. El Mami is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of El Mami live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 609,814th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 219 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 1,568 people, or 1 in 2,612. In Mauritania El Mami is most numerous in: Assaba Region, where 13 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 12 percent live. Other than Mauritania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 1 percent live and Morocco, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Hmami93226/
El Mahmi9310/
El Mhami931/
El Maimi931/
El Mamie931/
El Maasmi881/
El Mamy864,648/
El Mama86190/
El Mame8647/
El-Mami8635/
El Mhama809,000/
El Hmama80458/
El Moumi80140/
El Memmi806/
El Mamay805/
El Hmamy804/
El Hmame803/
El Mahmy802/
El-Hmami801/
El Moummi752/
El Hmammy751/
El Hmamey751/
El Motmai751/
El-Mamy7136/
El-Mahamid711/
El Mahamey711/
El Mahamed711/
El Momy711/
El Mahameed676,131/
El Moume671/
El Moime671/
El Moummy633/

El Mami Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Mami in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺎﻣﻲalmamy83.97
ﺍﻟﻤﺎﻣﻰalmamy11.11
ﺍﻟﻤﺎﻡalmam4.92

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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
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  • 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 Mami
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