Eleyah Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Eleyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Eleyah (9) may also be a first name.
Eleyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eleyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eleyah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻠﻴﺎﻩ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eleyah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,311,814th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Eleyah is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Eleyah are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 9 people.
The last name Eleyah is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania Eleyah is primarily concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 50 percent reside and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 50 percent reside. Beside Mauritania Eleyah occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 33 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eleyah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eleyah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻋﻠﻴﺎﻩ | alyah | - |
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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 Eleyah
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