Eliphaz Forename

96,938th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 4,941 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Rwanda
Highest density in:
Rwanda

Eliphaz Forename Definition:

El'-e-faz, the endeavour of God. 1. A son of Esau and his wife Adah. Gen. xxxvi. 4. 2. One of Job s friends. Job ii. 11.

Eliphaz Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Rwanda-2,4171:4,705866
Uganda
100%
1,8601:22,0201,736
Kenya-2541:182,3117,639
Malawi
100%
1271:134,7436,567
Tanzania
100%
681:776,29917,868
DR Congo
100%
621:1,190,76833,715
Nigeria
89%
 
271:6,576,45889,301
Israel
71%
 
171:494,2899,770
Congo
75%
 
161:313,0756,846
United States
100%
141:25,895,498195,258
Jamaica-101:288,3238,750
Philippines
 
60%
101:10,600,948147,506
Ghana-91:2,998,4685,965
Ivory Coast
75%
 
71:3,296,56260,611
Mexico
 
57%
71:17,734,91843,346
Benin
100%
61:1,762,64036,264
England
100%
41:13,900,73089,263
Cameroon-31:7,203,50173,722
India
100%
31:404,959,3243,244,417
Brazil-31:71,412,051442,691
Peru
100%
21:15,895,72774,652
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
Colombia-21:23,889,46363,722
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Germany-11:96,677,87695,912
Burundi-11:9,906,5592,558
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Belize-11:354,3097,663

Eliphaz (756) may also be a surname.

Eliphaz Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

El'-e-faz, the endeavour of God. 1. A son of Esau and his wife Adah. Gen. xxxvi. 4. 2. One of Job s friends. Job ii. 11.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: God of fine gold: my God has refined.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

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