Elajah Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Elajah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Elajah (169) may also be a first name.
Elajah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elajah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elajah is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Elajah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,944,094th most common surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Elajah reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Elajah is also the 703,581st most prevalent forename world-wide, borne by 169 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria Elajah is most common in: Delta, where 30 percent are found, Borno, where 19 percent are found and Kogi, where 19 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent are found and Liberia, where 5 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Elajah
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