Elejah Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Elejah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Elejah (96) may also be a first name.
Elejah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elejah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Elejah is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elejah? popularity and diffusion
Elejah is the 3,274,477th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Elejah reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Elejah is also the 968,397th most widely held given name throughout the world, borne by 96 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Niger, where 20 percent live, Osun, where 20 percent live and Ekiti, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
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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 Elejah
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