El Wally Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Wally Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Wally 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
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

El Wally Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Wally (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻮﻟﻲ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

It is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of El Wally reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 50 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 50 percent are found. Besides Mauritania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 25 percent are found and Qatar, where 25 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 Waylly941/
El Waly93264/
El Waily881,963/
El Vally88946/
El Walla884/
El Wolly882/
El-Wailly825/
El-Waylly824/
El Wali803,465/
El Wely80886/
El Valy80244/
El Wala80244/
El-Waly804/
El Woly802/
El Valli75367/
El Wasli75275/
El Balli75207/
El Bealy75122/
El Bahly7524/
El-Vally7514/
El Baaly7512/
El Walaa759/
El Valle758/
El-Waily755/
El Wahli752/
El Waila752/
El Waeli751/
El Walii751/
El Wuali751/
El Ballaj719/
El-Wailli714/
El Vallli711/
El Valleh711/
El Weilla711/
El Weille711/
El Wahali711/
El Bali671,997/
El Weli67117/
El Vali6787/
El-Wali6719/
El Bale675/
El-Wely673/
El Uali671/
El Vala671/
El Boly671/
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El Wally Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Wally in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻮﻟﻲalwly50
ﺍﻟﻮﺍﻟﻲalwaly50

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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 Wally
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