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Where Does The Last Name Leely Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Leely (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻌﻞ) is found most in Mauritania. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Leely? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 1,795,579^th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Leely reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 710,504^th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 166 people.

The surname Leely is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 44,031. In Mauritania Leely is most common in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 38 percent reside, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 13 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 12 percent reside. Besides Mauritania it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 8 percent reside and China, where 2 percent reside.

Leely Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Leely has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Leely surname contracted 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Leely Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.