Elemby Surname

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

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Elemby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elemby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Mauritania41:1,023,71625,172

Elemby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Elemby (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻋﻠﻤﺒﻲ) occurs most in Egypt. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elemby? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Elemby reside; 50 percent reside in North Africa and 50 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The last name Elemby is most frequent in Egypt, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 22,983,938. Apart from Egypt this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 50 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ellemby929/
Elembey924/
Elmby9132/
Helembay863/
Elembe833,230/
Elemba832,497/
Elembi83447/
Ellmby83122/
Elimby8387/
Elomby8310/
Alemby839/
Jelmby838/
Helmby837/
Elamby831/
Ellenby77138/
Yelemba77100/
Gelembi7776/
Gelembe7745/
Allemby7744/
Helemba7734/
Elembie778/
Ellimby774/
Elaembi774/
Elemboa774/
Elember773/
Helembe773/
Helembi772/
Jelembe771/
Elembai771/
Elembih771/
Ellembi771/
Elembee771/
Olembay771/
Yelembe771/
Ellemba771/
Elembea771/
Elaembe771/
Alembey771/
Elenbuy770/
Almby7326/
Elmba731/
Elmbe731/
Helembai71286/
Gelenbey7150/
Jelembai7123/
Gelenbay715/
Ellimbey711/
Elehemba711/
Helembayova711/
Alembi675,026/
Elombe672,851/
Alembe672,051/
Ilembe671,676/
Ilemba671,464/
Elimbi671,301/
Olembe67832/
Elemva67551/
Elambi67202/
Elimbe6791/
Elambe6759/
Holmby6758/
Elemue6755/
Elimba6749/
Elombi6746/
Alimby6736/
Elemwa6723/
Olembi6722/
Ilembi6710/
Elenba678/
Alenby676/
Jälmby675/
Elenbe674/
Ellmbe674/
Elmber672/
Alamby672/
Elemwe672/
Olembé672/
Ilamby671/
Helembish671/
Elymbi671/
Allmby671/
Helmbe670/
Olmbey670/

Elemby Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Elemby in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺃﻋﻠﻤﺒﻲalmby33.33
ﺍﻋﻠﻨﺐalnb33.33
ﺍﻋﻠﻤﺒﻲalmby33.33

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Elemby
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