Elame Surname
Approximately 778 people bear this surname
Elame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 518 | 1:40,095 | 5,345 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
The alternate forms: Elamé (1) & Élamé (1) are calculated separately.
Elame (187) may also be a first name.
Elame Demographics
Average Elame Salary in
United States
$28,531 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Elame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﻢ, Marathi: इलमे) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Elamé or Élamé. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Elame? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 440,082nd most frequently held surname globally, held by around 1 in 9,367,026 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Elame are found; 70 percent are found in Central Africa and 69 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Elame is also the 665,130th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 187 people.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 518 people, or 1 in 40,095. In Cameroon Elame is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 54 percent are found, Centre Region, where 17 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon it is found in 20 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 17 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found.
Elame Last Name Statistics demography
Elame earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.88% less than the national average, earning $28,531 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Elame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elame in the Marathi language | ||
| इलमे | ilame | 72.22 |
| इलामे | ilame | 16.67 |
| एलामे | elame | 11.11 |
| Elame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻌﻢ | alm | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻟﻼﻡ | allam | 16.67 |
| ﺍﻟﻌﻤﺔ | almt | 16.67 |
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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 Elame
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