Sleymane Surname
Approximately 1,693 people bear this surname
Sleymane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 1,692 | 1:2,420 | 293 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sleymane (240) may also be a first name.
Sleymane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sleymane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sleymane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sleymane? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 237,170th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 4,304,516 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sleymane are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 577,234th most commonly used given name internationally, borne by 240 people.
The last name is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 1,692 people, or 1 in 2,420. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 16 percent are found, Assaba Region, where 16 percent are found and Brakna Region, where 14 percent are found. Beside Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sleymane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sleymane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ | aslyman | 91.16 |
| ﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ | slyman | 5.55 |
| ﺃﺳﻠﻴﻤﺎﻥ | aslyman | 3.12 |
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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 Sleymane
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