Elema Surname
Approximately 9,239 people bear this surname
Elema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5,480 | 1:8,427 | 1,100 |
| DR Congo | 1,259 | 1:58,681 | 7,001 |
| Nigeria | 782 | 1:226,525 | 13,307 |
| Uganda | 408 | 1:95,685 | 9,753 |
| Netherlands | 398 | 1:42,430 | 7,192 |
| Somalia | 343 | 1:39,219 | 1,895 |
| Congo | 154 | 1:32,397 | 3,220 |
| Cameroon | 141 | 1:147,298 | 16,269 |
| Papua New Guinea | 68 | 1:119,908 | 16,326 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| United States | 32 | 1:11,326,842 | 445,236 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Elema (10,981) may also be a first name.
Elema Demographics
Average Elema Salary in
United States
$41,007 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Elema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elema (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻟﻤﺎ, Oriya: ଏେଲମା, Russian: Елема) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Elema.
How Common Is The Last Name Elema? popularity and diffusion
It is the 55,040th most frequent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 788,781 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Elema reside; 68 percent reside in East Africa and 55 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 57,553rd most widely held forename globally It is held by 10,981 people.
This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 5,480 people, or 1 in 8,427. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Marsabit County, where 76 percent reside, Tana River County, where 11 percent reside and Isiolo County, where 10 percent reside. Besides Kenya this last name occurs in 39 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside and Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.
Elema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Elema last name is primarily Christian (57%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Elema surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Elema earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 276.44% more than the national average, earning R 894,576 per year; in United States they earn 4.96% less than the national average, earning $41,007 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.5% more than the national average, earning $51,420 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Elema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elema in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏେଲମା | eelama | - |
| Elema in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻟﻤﺎ | alma | 71.43 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺎ | alma | 28.57 |
| Elema in the Russian language | ||
| Елема | elema | - |
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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
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- 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 Elema
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