El Oulam Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Oulam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Oulam 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
Mauritania71:584,98020,004
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

El Oulam Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Oulam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﻼﻡ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

This last name is the 6,723,624th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Oulam live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania El Oulam is mostly found in: Brakna Region, where 86 percent live and Hodh Chargui Region, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Morocco, where 13 percent live.

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 Alam804,454/
El Ahlam755,928/
El Allam755,126/
El Alame75137/
El Aslam75122/
El Aalam759/
El Halam754/
El-Holam751/
El Aloum751/
El Hallam711,140/
El Allame71487/
El Aallam715/
El Haalam712/
El Hailam711/
El Halgam711/
El-Alam6731/
El Hailame671/
El Alan671/
El Eilan63134/
El-Allam6310/
El Alain639/
El Aleim635/
El Atlan634/
El Allan631/
El Alàmï631/
El Halan631/
El Hailan596/
El Gahlan591/
El Aliane591/
El Haloun591/
El Gailain561/
El-Alan531/
El Alone504/
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El Oulam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Oulam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻌﻼﻡallam-

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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 Oulam
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