Eleya Surname
Approximately 1,884 people bear this surname
Eleya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 1,719 | 1:2,382 | 286 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
The alternate forms: Eléya (33) are calculated separately.
Eleya (454) may also be a first name.
Eleya Demographics
Average Eleya Salary in
United States
$29,219 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Eleya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eleya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Eleya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻠﻲ, Hindi: एलेया, Oriya: ଏେଲୟା, Russian: Елея) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Eléya. For other potential spellings of Eleya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eleya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 217,601st most numerous family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 3,868,124 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Eleya are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Eleya is also the 401,195th most prevalent forename globally, held by 454 people.
It is most common in Mauritania, where it is held by 1,719 people, or 1 in 2,382. In Mauritania Eleya is most common in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 16 percent live, Hodh Chargui Region, where 14 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 11 percent live. Barring Mauritania this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
Eleya Last Name Statistics demography
Eleya earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 32.28% less than the national average, earning $29,219 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eleya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eleya in the Hindi language | ||
| एलेया | eleya | - |
| Eleya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏେଲୟା | eelaya | 94.59 |
| ରାୁଏେଲୟା | raueelaya | 2.7 |
| େଲେଟଡ | eletada | 2.7 |
| Eleya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻋﻠﻲ | aly | 42.02 |
| ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻪ | alyh | 39.16 |
| ﺃﻋﻠﻲ | aly | 9.51 |
| ﺃﻋﻠﻴﻪ | alyh | 7.6 |
| ﺇﻋﻠﻴﻪ | alyh | 0.19 |
| ﺍﻋﻠﻴﺎ | alya | 0.19 |
| Eleya in the Russian language | ||
| Елея | elea | - |
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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 Eleya
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