El Medani Surname

2,203,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Medani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Medani 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
Mauritania651:62,9984,372
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799

El Medani Last Name Facts

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

El Medani (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺪﺍﻧﻲ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

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

The surname is the 2,203,767th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. El Medani occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Medani are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.

El Medani is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 62,998. In Mauritania El Medani is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 60 percent are found, Assaba Region, where 18 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Sudan, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Mejdani95205/
El Mehdani952/
El Medany89708/
El-Medani89130/
El Midani893/
El Maydani84305/
El Meydane8412/
El Meddany844/
El Meidane842/
El Medouni841/
El-Medany78643/
El Midana78214/
El Midany789/
El Midane784/
El-Midani781/
El Medhoune701/
El-Midany67397/
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El Medani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Medani in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺪﺍﻧﻲalmdany92.59
ﺍﻟﻤﺪﺍﻧﻰalmdany7.41

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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 Medani
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