El May Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Monaco

El May Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El May 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
France441:1,509,607143,950
Tunisia181:33,9244,997
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El May Last Name Facts

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

The last name El May is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

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

El May is the 2,091,648th most frequently used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of El May are found; 68 percent are found in Western Europe and 68 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name El May is most frequent in France, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 1,509,607. In France El May is most numerous in: Occitanie, where 34 percent live, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 34 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 23 percent live. Aside from France this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Tunisia, where 22 percent live and Monaco, where 6 percent live.

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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 May
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