Elaijah Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Elaijah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 78 | 1:2,271,061 | 76,915 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67 | 1:121,697 | 16,585 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Elaijah (623) may also be a first name.
Elaijah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elaijah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elaijah is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elaijah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,459,453rd most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. The last name Elaijah is predominantly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Elaijah are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Elaijah is also the 333,939th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 623 people.
Elaijah is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 2,271,061. In Nigeria Elaijah is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 28 percent are found, Kogi, where 22 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 18 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 46 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Elaijah
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