El Yass Surname

937,786th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 280 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Yass Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Yass 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
Mauritania2791:14,6771,387
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

El Yass (85) may also be a first name.

El Yass Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Yass (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻴﺎﺱ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of El Yass.

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

The surname is the 937,786th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Yass live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Senegambia Africa. El Yass is also the 1,039,322nd most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 85 people.

El Yass is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 279 people, or 1 in 14,677. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 47 percent reside, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 17 percent reside and Assaba Region, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania El Yass exists in one country. It is also common in Morocco, where 0 percent reside.

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 Yasse9374/
El Yas926/
El Yash861/
El Yase861/
El Ya831/
El-Yasse801/
El Yad7739/
El Hya771/
El Yaou71110/
El Yayd714/
El Yaad713/
El Yace712/
El Hyah711/
El Hyat711/
El Ayyat67922/
El Yahad67655/
El Jahsh67397/
El Geais67305/
El Yaydh67244/
El Hayya67154/
El Hyahh674/
El Eyyat674/
El-Ya672/
El Giaas672/
El Aiyat672/
El Jaysh671/
El Yo671/
El Ayyad671/
El Gayya671/
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El Yass Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Yass in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻴﺎﺱalyas99.26
ﺃﻟﻴﺎﺱalyas0.74
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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 Yass
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