Elcana Surname
Approximately 329 people bear this surname
Elcana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 320 | 1:316,369 | 44,118 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
Elcana (512) may also be a first name.
Elcana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elcana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elcana is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Elcana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 837,371st most frequently held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 22,150,595 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Elcana live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 373,684th most widespread forename worldwide, borne by 512 people.
Elcana is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 320 people, or 1 in 316,369. In The Philippines Elcana is most frequent in: Central Visayas, where 45 percent reside, Davao Region, where 20 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 15 percent reside. Barring The Philippines this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent reside and Angola, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Elcana
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