Elephant Surname
Approximately 840 people bear this surname
Elephant Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 315 | 1:171,993 | 19,060 |
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Israel | 132 | 1:64,831 | 8,115 |
| Zimbabwe | 37 | 1:417,250 | 37,018 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
The alternate forms: Éléphant (1) are calculated separately.
Elephant (980) may also be a first name.
Elephant Demographics
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Elephant Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elephant Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elephant is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Éléphant. Click here to see other potential spellings of Elephant.
How Common Is The Last Name Elephant? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 414,602nd most numerous last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,675,650 people. Elephant is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Elephant live; 70 percent live in Southern Africa and 70 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Elephant is also the 257,336th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 980 people.
The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 315 people, or 1 in 171,993. In South Africa it is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 35 percent live, Gauteng, where 33 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 14 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 28 percent live and Israel, where 16 percent live.
Elephant Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Elephant surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered with the party.
The amount Elephant earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 34.47% less than the national average, earning R 155,724 per year and in United States they earn 32.07% more than the national average, earning $56,986 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elephante | 94 | 7 | / |
| Ellephant | 94 | 1 | / |
| Elephan | 93 | 0 | / |
| Éléphant | 92 | 1 | / |
| Elepante | 88 | 163 | / |
| Olephant | 88 | 17 | / |
| Eliphant | 88 | 13 | / |
| Elaphant | 88 | 3 | / |
| Elephand | 88 | 1 | / |
| Elephent | 88 | 1 | / |
| Elepan | 86 | 22 | / |
| Elepfandt | 82 | 13 | / |
| Oliephant | 82 | 2 | / |
| Ollephant | 82 | 0 | / |
| Elefant | 80 | 547 | / |
| Elepane | 80 | 18 | / |
| Eliphan | 80 | 2 | / |
| Elepain | 80 | 1 | / |
| Olepant | 80 | 0 | / |
| Oliphant | 75 | 27,450 | / |
| Elefante | 75 | 5,816 | / |
| Olyphant | 75 | 67 | / |
| Eliphane | 75 | 36 | / |
| Aliphant | 75 | 11 | / |
| Elipante | 75 | 8 | / |
| Elleppan | 75 | 5 | / |
| Olaphant | 75 | 2 | / |
| Olophant | 75 | 1 | / |
| Elefants | 75 | 1 | / |
| Elephone | 75 | 1 | / |
| Elefan | 71 | 638 | / |
| Elipan | 71 | 157 | / |
| Olliphant | 71 | 13 | / |
| Olipheant | 71 | 3 | / |
| Eleffante | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elepam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olipphant | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oliphaant | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ollophant | 71 | 0 | / |
| Allophant | 71 | 0 | / |
| Elefane | 67 | 792 | / |
| Elipane | 67 | 303 | / |
| Elefantová | 67 | 45 | / |
| Olipant | 67 | 19 | / |
| Ellesponte | 67 | 11 | / |
| Elefánt | 67 | 11 | / |
| Olefant | 67 | 5 | / |
| Elefont | 67 | 3 | / |
| Elifant | 67 | 2 | / |
| Elefantova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elapand | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Elephant
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