Eljekani Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Eljekani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Eljekani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eljekani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Eljekani (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺠﻜﺎﻧﻲ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Eljekani? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Eljekani occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Eljekani reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 100 percent live. Not including Mauritania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eljekani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eljekani in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺠﻜﺎﻧﻲ | aljkany | - |
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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 Eljekani
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