Elhacene Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Elhacene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elhacene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania551:74,4525,004
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Elhaçene (6) are calculated separately.

Elhacene (493) may also be a first name.

Elhacene Last Name Facts

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

Elhacene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺴﻦ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Elhaçene. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Elhacene? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,460,878th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. Elhacene occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Elhacene live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 382,601st most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 493 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 74,452. In Mauritania Elhacene is most frequent in: Trarza Region, where 56 percent are found, Brakna Region, where 15 percent are found and Hodh Chargui Region, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania Elhacene occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 8 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Elhacene Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Elhacene in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺤﺴﻦalhsn98.72
ﺍﻟﺤﺴﻴﻦalhsyn1.28

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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 Elhacene
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