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 last name Elame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﻢ, Marathi: इलमे) is most common in Cameroon. It may occur as: Elamé or Élamé. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Elame? popularity and diffusion
Elame is the 440,082nd most commonly used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 9,367,026 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Elame reside; 70 percent reside in Central Africa and 69 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Elame is also the 665,130th most frequently occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 187 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 518 people, or 1 in 40,095. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 54 percent live, Centre Region, where 17 percent live and Southwest Region, where 16 percent live. Besides Cameroon Elame is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 17 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.
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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