Eleye Surname
Approximately 849 people bear this surname
Eleye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 458 | 1:8,941 | 950 |
| Somaliland | 336 | 1:10,417 | 639 |
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
The alternate forms: Eleyé (1) are calculated separately.
Eleye (63) may also be a first name.
Eleye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eleye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eleye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻠﻲ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Eleyé. Click here for further potential spellings of Eleye.
How Common Is The Last Name Eleye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 411,077th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 8,583,682 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Eleye live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,234,572nd most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 63 people.
The surname Eleye is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 458 people, or 1 in 8,941. In Mauritania Eleye is mostly found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 16 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 16 percent reside and Brakna Region, where 12 percent reside. Not including Mauritania Eleye exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Somaliland, where 40 percent reside and Nigeria, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eleye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eleye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻋﻠﻲ | aly | 52.56 |
| ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻪ | alyh | 27.56 |
| ﺃﻋﻠﻲ | aly | 12.18 |
| ﺍﻋﻠﻰ | aly | 2.56 |
| ﺃﻋﻠﻴﻪ | alyh | 1.92 |
| ﺍﻋﻠﻴﺎ | alya | 0.64 |
| ﻋﺎﻟﻴﻪ | alyh | 0.64 |
| ﺍﻻﻱ | alay | 0.64 |
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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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- 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 Eleye
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