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) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Elwely.
How Common Is The Last Name Elwely? popularity and diffusion
The surname Elwely is the 1,918,812th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Elwely are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most numerous given name internationally, borne by 31 people.
This last name is most widely held 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 are found, Assaba Region, where 18 percent are found and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania Elwely exists in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 5 percent are found.
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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