Ellis Forename
16,508th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 57,081 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Montserrat
Ellis Forename Definition:
A male name. see Elijah and Elisha. Ellis is found in the 17th C as a woman's name, but this is a corruption of Alice (q.v.).
Ellis Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 95% | 29,048 | 1:12,481 | 1,235 |
| Ghana | 100% | 5,787 | 1:4,663 | 601 |
| Indonesia | 96% | 4,158 | 1:62,040 | 7,556 |
| Netherlands | 84% | 3,011 | 1:5,613 | 827 |
| England | 94% | 2,959 | 1:18,791 | 1,219 |
| Zimbabwe | 95% | 1,596 | 1:9,664 | 1,311 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,224 | 1:175,030 | 8,166 |
| Canada | 100% | 963 | 1:34,406 | 2,604 |
| Papua New Guinea | 95% | 867 | 1:9,403 | 950 |
| Denmark | - | 724 | 1:7,803 | 736 |
| South Africa | 61% | 575 | 1:94,839 | 7,856 |
| Nigeria | 96% | 547 | 1:324,615 | 11,772 |
| Wales | 99% | 409 | 1:7,566 | 716 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 315 | 1:33,115 | 2,591 |
| Malaysia | 84% | 310 | 1:98,226 | 6,925 |
| Zambia | - | 294 | 1:53,928 | 3,282 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 291 | 1:4,678 | 809 |
| Philippines | 86% | 276 | 1:384,092 | 13,942 |
| Jamaica | - | 271 | 1:10,639 | 1,183 |
| Liberia | 97% | 265 | 1:16,649 | 1,225 |
| Scotland | 98% | 207 | 1:25,847 | 1,122 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 203 | 1:148,778 | 5,958 |
| New Zealand | - | 179 | 1:25,341 | 1,817 |
| Australia | - | 169 | 1:80,814 | 3,203 |
| Russia | 86% | 156 | 1:924,575 | 8,200 |
| Panama | 100% | 151 | 1:25,871 | 2,315 |
| Malawi | 50% | 148 | 1:115,624 | 6,115 |
| India | 67% | 136 | 1:8,932,926 | 279,192 |
| Colombia | 80% | 117 | 1:408,367 | 6,967 |
| Kenya | 89% | 108 | 1:428,770 | 12,819 |
| Hong Kong | - | 106 | 1:73,139 | 2,665 |
| Germany | 70% | 89 | 1:1,086,268 | 8,198 |
| Belize | 100% | 79 | 1:4,485 | 927 |
| Peru | 61% | 78 | 1:407,583 | 7,871 |
| Thailand | 60% | 76 | 1:921,919 | 34,822 |
| Lebanon | 98% | 75 | 1:75,034 | 2,841 |
| Mexico | 68% | 69 | 1:1,799,195 | 11,194 |
| Sweden | 81% | 67 | 1:147,133 | 5,679 |
| Namibia | - | 62 | 1:38,777 | 2,685 |
| Uganda | 89% | 58 | 1:706,154 | 14,158 |
| China | - | 49 | 1:27,878,689 | 60,877 |
| Belgium | 96% | 48 | 1:239,376 | 5,403 |
| Guyana | 100% | 47 | 1:16,240 | 2,136 |
| Italy | 82% | 40 | 1:1,526,552 | 11,670 |
| Honduras | 100% | 39 | 1:226,089 | 4,988 |
| Norway | 100% | 38 | 1:135,061 | 3,905 |
| Ireland | 52% | 33 | 1:140,713 | 3,035 |
| Singapore | 50% | 33 | 1:190,517 | 8,408 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 30 | 1:238,400 | 14,853 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| South Korea | 94% | 27 | 1:205,349 | 7,745 |
| France | 100% | 26 | 1:2,556,552 | 13,577 |
| Grenada | 77% | 26 | 1:4,159 | 713 |
| Barbados | - | 21 | 1:13,799 | 1,255 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Nicaragua | 50% | 18 | 1:334,352 | 6,829 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 18 | 1:6,199 | 1,022 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 16 | 1:3,429 | 679 |
| Saint Lucia | 87% | 16 | 1:11,113 | 1,461 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Estonia | 100% | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 11 | 1:4,798,938 | 27,236 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:9,977 | 1,310 |
| Uruguay | - | 11 | 1:311,603 | 4,655 |
| Bahamas | - | 9 | 1:44,374 | 1,233 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 9 | 1:3,472 | 705 |
| Costa Rica | 86% | 9 | 1:529,772 | 7,736 |
| Curaçao | - | 8 | 1:19,475 | 726 |
| Czechia | 96% | 8 | 1:1,332,020 | 3,968 |
| Kazakhstan | 75% | 8 | 1:2,218,356 | 16,526 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 8 | 1:1,026,687 | 12,013 |
| Taiwan | - | 8 | 1:2,971,210 | 60,968 |
| Afghanistan | 57% | 7 | 1:4,660,502 | 27,414 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Belarus | 67% | 6 | 1:1,580,397 | 7,457 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Spain | - | 6 | 1:7,754,994 | 17,266 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Japan | - | 5 | 1:25,597,211 | 50,433 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Botswana | 100% | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Egypt | - | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Syria | - | 4 | 1:4,826,519 | 5,774 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Cameroon | - | 3 | 1:7,203,501 | 73,722 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 3 | 1:176,384 | 4,377 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 3 | 1:20,433 | 1,694 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Chile | 80% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Greece | - | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Lesotho | 50% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Israel | 75% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Qatar | - | 1 | 1:2,369,605 | 59,530 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
The alternate forms: Ellís (1) & Éllis (1) are calculated separately.
Ellis (406,877) may also be a surname.
Ellis Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. see Elijah and Elisha. Ellis is found in the 17th C as a woman's name, but this is a corruption of Alice (q.v.).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
(For etymology, see Elisha.) In C 18-20, it is mostly a surname, but, as a ‘Christian’, it is still a name of considerable merit.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Hebrew name, meaning: God is thy welfare.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Ellis Forename Popularity
Ellis Demographics
Ellis Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 3,580 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Ellis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ellis in the Russian language | ||
| Эллис | ellis | - |
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