Eleyen Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Eleyen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Eleyen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eleyen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Eleyen (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻠﻴﻦ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Eleyen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Eleyen reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
Eleyen is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 682,477. In Mauritania Eleyen is most numerous in: Assaba Region, where 67 percent reside, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 17 percent reside and Guidimagha Region, where 17 percent reside. Not including Mauritania it exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eleyen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eleyen in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻠﻴﻦ | allyn | 50 |
| ﺃﻟﻠﻴﻦ | allyn | 16.67 |
| ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻦ | alyn | 16.67 |
| ﺃﻟﻴﻦ | alyn | 16.67 |
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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 Eleyen
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