Elemah Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Elemah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 156 | 1:1,135,530 | 46,612 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Elemah (13) may also be a first name.
Elemah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elemah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elemah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺎﻩ) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elemah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,328,442nd most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. Elemah is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Elemah reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Elemah is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 13 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 156 people, or 1 in 1,135,530. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 71 percent are found, Edo, where 8 percent are found and Cross River, where 7 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Elemah occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 7 percent are found and Mauritania, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Elemah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elemah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻤﺎﻩ | almah | - |
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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 Elemah
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