Elwely Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Elwely Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 89 | 1:46,010 | 3,425 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
Elwely (31) may also be a first name.
Elwely Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elwely Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Elwely (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻮﻟﻲ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elwely? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,918,812th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. Elwely occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Elwely live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Elwely is also the 1,874,099th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 31 people.
Elwely is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 46,010. In Mauritania Elwely is primarily concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 47 percent live, Assaba Region, where 18 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 10 percent live. Beside Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elwaely | 92 | 2 | / |
| Elwela | 83 | 58 | / |
| Elweli | 83 | 28 | / |
| Ilwely | 83 | 12 | / |
| Elbely | 83 | 3 | / |
| Elvely | 83 | 0 | / |
| Elbealy | 77 | 400 | / |
| Elwaily | 77 | 189 | / |
| Alwaely | 77 | 77 | / |
| Elweyli | 77 | 4 | / |
| Elwally | 77 | 2 | / |
| Elbeely | 77 | 1 | / |
| Elwaliy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Alweely | 77 | 1 | / |
| Elbeily | 77 | 1 | / |
| Elhwaly | 77 | 1 | / |
| Elbeally | 71 | 10 | / |
| Elwolley | 71 | 6 | / |
| Elbelahy | 71 | 4 | / |
| Elbelehy | 71 | 4 | / |
| Elwailly | 71 | 4 | / |
| Elwali | 67 | 3,245 | / |
| Alweli | 67 | 198 | / |
| Elbeli | 67 | 155 | / |
| Elbily | 67 | 153 | / |
| Ilwela | 67 | 59 | / |
| Ilweli | 67 | 39 | / |
| Elveli | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ilwily | 67 | 8 | / |
| Elbyly | 67 | 4 | / |
| Elbele | 67 | 2 | / |
| Alwily | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alwele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elvela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elwili | 67 | 1 | / |
| Helvesley | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ellweiler | 67 | 0 | / |
Elwely Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elwely in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻮﻟﻲ | alwly | 89.29 |
| ﺍﻟﻮﻟﻰ | alwly | 8.93 |
| ﺍﻟﻮﻝ | alwl | 1.79 |
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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 Elwely
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