Elai Surname
Approximately 882 people bear this surname
Elai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 317 | 1:25,722 | 2,841 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Uganda | 162 | 1:240,983 | 18,138 |
| Malaysia | 59 | 1:499,902 | 25,042 |
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
The alternate forms: Elaï (12) are calculated separately.
Elai (1,309) may also be a first name.
Elai Demographics
Average Elai Salary in
United States
$36,610 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Elai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elai (Georgian: ელაი, Marathi: एलाई, Oriya: ଏଲାଇ) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Elaï. For other possible spellings of Elai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Elai is the 398,988th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 8,262,524 people. The surname Elai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 52 percent of Elai live; 36 percent live in Oceania Islands and 36 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Elai is also the 217,367th most commonly used forename world-wide It is held by 1,309 people.
The surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 317 people, or 1 in 25,722. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Hela, where 21 percent live, Morobe, where 16 percent live and National Capital District, where 10 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 27 percent live and Uganda, where 18 percent live.
Elai Last Name Statistics demography
Elai earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.15% less than the national average, earning $36,610 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Elai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elai in the Georgian language | ||
| ელაი | elai | - |
| Elai in the Marathi language | ||
| एलाई | ela'i | - |
| Elai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏଲାଇ | ela'i | 53.85 |
| ଇଲାଇ | ila'i | 30.77 |
| ଏଲଇ | ela'i | 15.38 |
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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 Elai
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