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) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can be rendered as: Eleyé. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Eleye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Eleye is the 411,077th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 8,583,682 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Eleye are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Eleye is also the 1,234,572nd most commonly held forename world-wide, borne by 63 people.
It is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 458 people, or 1 in 8,941. In Mauritania Eleye is primarily concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 16 percent are found, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 16 percent are found and Brakna Region, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Mauritania Eleye exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Somaliland, where 40 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.
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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