Leely Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Leely Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 93 | 1:44,031 | 3,308 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Leely (166) may also be a first name.
Leely Demographics
Leely Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Leely Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leely Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leely (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻌﻞ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Leely.
How Common Is The Last Name Leely? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,795,579th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Leely live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 710,504th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 166 people.
The last name Leely is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 44,031. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 38 percent live, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 13 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 12 percent live. Apart from Mauritania Leely is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 8 percent live and China, where 2 percent live.
Leely Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Leely has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Leely last name contracted 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Leely Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Leely surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leely Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leely in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻌﻞ | ll | 50 |
| ﻟﻌﻠﻲ | lly | 38.24 |
| ﺍﻋﻠﻲ | aly | 2.94 |
| ﻟﻠﻌﻠﻲ | llly | 2.94 |
| ﺍﻋﻞ | al | 2.94 |
| ﻟﻠﻌﻞ | lll | 2.94 |
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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 Leely
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