Elfas Surname
Approximately 505 people bear this surname
Elfas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 414 | 1:127,878 | 12,025 |
| Turkey | 49 | 1:1,588,192 | 60,638 |
| Cuba | 12 | 1:960,226 | 6,464 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Elfas (2,228) may also be a first name.
Elfas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elfas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elfas occurs most in Tanzania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elfas? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 611,703rd most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 14,430,784 people. Elfas is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Elfas are found; 83 percent are found in East Africa and 83 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Elfas is also the 158,358th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 2,228 people.
Elfas is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 414 people, or 1 in 127,878. In Tanzania Elfas is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 79 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 19 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 10 percent are found and Cuba, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elfass | 91 | 220 | / |
| Elfast | 91 | 67 | / |
| Elfais | 91 | 23 | / |
| Elfase | 91 | 12 | / |
| Elfash | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ellfas | 91 | 1 | / |
| Elfa | 89 | 1,034 | / |
| Elffass | 83 | 1 | / |
| Helfast | 83 | 0 | / |
| Alfas | 80 | 306 | / |
| Elfaz | 80 | 131 | / |
| Elfah | 80 | 102 | / |
| Elfau | 80 | 60 | / |
| Helfa | 80 | 60 | / |
| Elfat | 80 | 27 | / |
| Elfea | 80 | 7 | / |
| Elfos | 80 | 4 | / |
| Elfad | 80 | 4 | / |
| Elfay | 80 | 3 | / |
| Eilfa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gelfa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ilfas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Elfai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Elfax | 80 | 1 | / |
| Elfahsse | 77 | 1 | / |
| Elfaiz | 73 | 1,097 | / |
| Elphas | 73 | 872 | / |
| Alfais | 73 | 337 | / |
| Elfaid | 73 | 280 | / |
| Elfayd | 73 | 123 | / |
| Helfat | 73 | 35 | / |
| Halfas | 73 | 7 | / |
| Elfaix | 73 | 6 | / |
| Elfarz | 73 | 4 | / |
| Alfeas | 73 | 2 | / |
| Alfass | 73 | 2 | / |
| Helfaz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Elfayz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Alfahs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Elfaih | 73 | 1 | / |
| Elfosh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Elfaïz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Elffad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Elfaaj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Helvfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Elfadd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Elfeis | 73 | 0 | / |
| Ilfais | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gilfas | 73 | 0 | / |
| Ilfa | 67 | 145 | / |
| Elfo | 67 | 16 | / |
| Helfhat | 67 | 16 | / |
| Elfahat | 67 | 9 | / |
| Elphase | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ellfarz | 67 | 4 | / |
| Elfahad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elphaus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alfaash | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elfathì | 67 | 1 | / |
| Helfaut | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elphass | 67 | 1 | / |
| Helfaud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elfhaid | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jlfa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Helfatt | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Elfas
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