Elkhalef Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Elkhalef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Elkhalef Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania161:255,92911,901
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Elkhalef Last Name Facts

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

The surname Elkhalef (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺨﻠﻒ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Elkhalef click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elkhalef? popularity and diffusion

Elkhalef is the 4,772,636th most widely held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. Elkhalef is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Elkhalef live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

The surname Elkhalef is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 255,929. In Mauritania Elkhalef is most common in: Trarza Region, where 94 percent live and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 6 percent live. Not including Mauritania Elkhalef exists in one country. It also occurs in Algeria, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
E'Lkhalef941/
Elkalef9314/
Alkhalef889/
Elkhalev888/
Elkhalif881/
Elkhalife821/
Alkhaleef821/
Elkaleb801/
Alkhalif752/
Alkhaliev713/
Alkhelefh711/
Alkhalifh711/
Alkhalaif711/
Elqaleb671/
Olkaliev631/
Alkholaif59239/
Alkhelaif598/
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Elkhalef Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Elkhalef in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺨﻠﻒalkhlf-

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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 Elkhalef
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