Elbaff Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Qatar

Elbaff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elbaff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Elbaff Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Elbaff Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Elbaff is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Elbaff? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Elbaff is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Elbaff live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Elbaff is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Elbaff is most prevalent in: Borno, where 47 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 33 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 6 percent live and Qatar, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elbaf9126/
Elbab73845/
Elbaw735/
Elwaf734/
Albaf733/
Alboff6719/
Elhbab679/
Elbova678/
Elbeuf677/
Elwafe674/
Elweaf674/
Elwaif672/
Jelbab671/
El'bab671/

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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 Elbaff
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