Lemghalef Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Lemghalef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 80 | 1:51,186 | 3,739 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Lemghalef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemghalef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lemghalef (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻤﻐﻠﻒ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemghalef? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,091,648th most common family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lemghalef live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Lemghalef is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 51,186. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Tiris Zemmour Region, where 61 percent are found, Adrar Region, where 20 percent are found and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemgalef | 94 | 1 | / |
| Lemghalaf | 89 | 17 | / |
| Lemkhalef | 89 | 2 | / |
| Lemghelef | 89 | 1 | / |
| Lemghalev | 89 | 1 | / |
| Lemghaleve | 84 | 2 | / |
| Lemghallaf | 84 | 1 | / |
| Lemghalav | 78 | 1 | / |
| Lemghaliv | 78 | 1 | / |
| Leimklef | 71 | 12 | / |
| Lamgaliev | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lammgaolf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lamkhalfi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lemkaleve | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lamgalieva | 63 | 4 | / |
| Lamkhailif | 63 | 1 | / |
| Leme Galvao | 60 | 1 | / |
| Lima Galiphe | 57 | 3 | / |
| Lengalova | 56 | 2 | / |
| Limgalvou | 56 | 1 | / |
| Lmakhloufi | 53 | 2 | / |
| Lamikhlafi | 53 | 2 | / |
| Lima Galvao | 50 | 101 | / |
| Lumi Galvao | 50 | 1 | / |
Lemghalef Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lemghalef in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻤﻐﻠﻒ | lmghlf | 61.11 |
| ﻟﻤﻘﻠﻒ | lmqlf | 22.22 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﻐﻠﻒ | almghlf | 13.89 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﻘﻠﻒ | almqlf | 2.78 |
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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 Lemghalef
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