Ela Surname
Approximately 82,625 people bear this surname
Ela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equatorial Guinea | 22,302 | 1:51 | 13 |
| India | 16,776 | 1:45,724 | 3,179 |
| Bangladesh | 10,273 | 1:15,512 | 1,179 |
| Egypt | 7,352 | 1:12,505 | 1,495 |
| Syria | 7,056 | 1:2,735 | 322 |
| Jordan | 5,153 | 1:1,716 | 291 |
| Cameroon | 3,278 | 1:6,336 | 773 |
| Indonesia | 2,138 | 1:61,856 | 6,758 |
| Philippines | 1,165 | 1:86,900 | 15,089 |
| Lebanon | 949 | 1:5,940 | 1,023 |
| DR Congo | 876 | 1:84,337 | 9,678 |
| United Arab Emirates | 837 | 1:10,947 | 1,370 |
| Nigeria | 597 | 1:296,722 | 16,613 |
| Turkey | 501 | 1:155,332 | 12,167 |
| United States | 484 | 1:748,882 | 58,523 |
| Papua New Guinea | 421 | 1:19,367 | 1,985 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| Spain | 286 | 1:163,469 | 11,826 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Yemen | 228 | 1:115,900 | 6,513 |
| Kuwait | 193 | 1:19,693 | 2,634 |
| Iraq | 168 | 1:208,462 | 4,771 |
| Palestine | 150 | 1:30,326 | 4,032 |
| Poland | 85 | 1:447,162 | 46,049 |
| Malaysia | 81 | 1:364,126 | 19,261 |
| Thailand | 71 | 1:994,906 | 151,495 |
| Brazil | 66 | 1:3,243,550 | 93,057 |
| Germany | 51 | 1:1,578,538 | 93,812 |
| France | 42 | 1:1,581,493 | 147,826 |
| Iran | 40 | 1:1,919,563 | 69,574 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| Benin | 33 | 1:313,200 | 25,349 |
| Mauritania | 29 | 1:141,202 | 7,956 |
| Taiwan | 29 | 1:808,440 | 5,718 |
| Romania | 27 | 1:743,625 | 50,353 |
| Solomon Islands | 21 | 1:27,620 | 5,477 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Italy | 17 | 1:3,597,452 | 102,597 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 227 | 1:221,228 | 18,802 |
The alternate forms: Elá (7) & Éla (2) are calculated separately.
Ela (515,076) may also be a first name.
Ela Demographics
Average Male Ela Height
172.31 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Ela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ela (Arabic: العلأ, Georgian: ელა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻻ, Hindi: एला, Marathi: एला, Oriya: ଏଳା, Tibetan: ཨི་ལ་) occurs more in Equatorial Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Elá or Éla. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,840th most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 88,200 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 56 percent of Ela reside; 33 percent reside in South Asia and 32 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,965th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 515,076 people.
The surname is most common in Equatorial Guinea, where it is carried by 22,302 people, or 1 in 51. Outside of Equatorial Guinea this surname is found in 101 countries. It is also common in India, where 20 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 12 percent are found.
Ela Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Ela has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 213 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Sunni (88%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Ela last name are 16.29% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 69.52% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Ela earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 35.15% more than the national average, earning $58,317 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.28% less than the national average, earning $44,577 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ela in the Georgian language | ||
| ელა | ela | - |
| Ela in the Marathi language | ||
| एला | ela | - |
| Ela in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏଳା | ela | 74.65 |
| ଏଲା | ela | 23.94 |
| Ela in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨི་ལ་ | ila | 66.67 |
| ཨེག་ | ek | 33.33 |
| Ela in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻻ | ala | 58.33 |
| ﺍﻟﻠﻪ | allh | 16.67 |
| ﻟﻼ | lla | 8.33 |
| ﺍﻟﻼ | alla | 8.33 |
| ﺍﻟﻞ | all | 8.33 |
| Ela in the Hindi language | ||
| एला | ela | 34.58 |
| ेला | ela | 34.58 |
| एल | ela | 11.68 |
| इला | ila | 8.88 |
| ईला | ila | 4.21 |
| ऐला | aila | 2.8 |
| Ela in the Arabic language | ||
| العلأ | alla | - |
| العلا | alla | - |
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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 Ela
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