Sileymane Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Sileymane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 134 | 1:30,559 | 2,519 |
| Niger | 65 | 1:295,262 | 8,917 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Sileymane (4,943) may also be a first name.
Sileymane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sileymane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sileymane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Sileymane click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sileymane? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,177,228th most common last name globally, borne by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sileymane reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 66 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 96,910th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 4,943 people.
The last name Sileymane is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 134 people, or 1 in 30,559. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Brakna Region, where 64 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 13 percent live and Adrar Region, where 9 percent live. Besides Mauritania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 32 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sileymane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sileymane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ | slyman | 71.43 |
| ﺍﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ | aslyman | 21.43 |
| ﺳﻴﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ | sylyman | 4.02 |
| ﺃﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ | aslyman | 1.34 |
| ﺳﻴﻠﻤﺎﻥ | sylman | 0.45 |
| ﺍﺳﻠﻤﺎﻥ | aslman | 0.45 |
| ﺳﻮﻟﻴﻤﺎﻥ | swlyman | 0.45 |
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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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- 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 Sileymane
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