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 last name Leilla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻴﻠﻰ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Leilla.
How Common Is The Last Name Leilla? popularity and diffusion
Leilla is the 6,723,624th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Leilla live; 38 percent live in West Africa and 25 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Leilla is also the 276,748th most numerous given name globally, borne by 865 people.
The surname Leilla is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania Leilla is most numerous in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 50 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 50 percent reside. Apart from Mauritania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 13 percent reside and Greece, where 13 percent reside.
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
- 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 Leilla
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