Leilla Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Leilla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Leilla (865) may also be a first name.
Leilla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leilla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leilla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻴﻠﻰ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Leilla.
How Common Is The Last Name Leilla? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Leilla are found; 38 percent are found in West Africa and 25 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 276,748th most commonly held forename globally, borne by 865 people.
It is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania Leilla is mostly concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 50 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 50 percent live. Aside from Mauritania it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 13 percent live and Greece, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leilla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leilla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻴﻠﻰ | lyly | 44.09 |
| ﺍﻟﻠﻴﻠﻪ | allylh | 20.47 |
| ﻟﻴﻠﻲ | lyly | 11.02 |
| ﻟﻴﻠﻪ | lylh | 7.87 |
| ﻟﻴﻼ | lyla | 5.51 |
| ﺍﻟﻠﻴﻠﺔ | allylt | 3.15 |
| ﺍﻟﻠﻴﻞ | allyl | 2.36 |
| ﻟﻴﻞ | lyl | 2.36 |
| ﻟﻴﻠﺔ | lylt | 1.57 |
| ﺍﻟﻠﻴﻼ | allyla | 0.79 |
| ﻟﻴﻠﻠﻪ | lyllh | 0.79 |
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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 Leilla
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