Elgana Surname
Approximately 5,613 people bear this surname
Elgana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 4,759 | 1:19,318 | 2,239 |
| Morocco | 784 | 1:43,975 | 7,155 |
| Philippines | 61 | 1:1,659,643 | 109,715 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Elgana (21) may also be a first name.
Elgana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elgana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Elgana occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elgana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 85,884th most frequently held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,298,333 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Elgana are found; 99 percent are found in North Africa and 85 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Elgana is also the 2,368,944th most commonly held given name in the world, held by 21 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is borne by 4,759 people, or 1 in 19,318. Apart from Egypt this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 14 percent live and The Philippines, where 1 percent live.
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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 Elgana
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