Elhay Surname
Approximately 813 people bear this surname
Elhay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 732 | 1:125,595 | 10,096 |
| Mauritania | 57 | 1:71,840 | 4,858 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Elhay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elhay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Elhay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﻲ) has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Elhay.
How Common Is The Last Name Elhay? popularity and diffusion
Elhay is the 425,369th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 8,963,771 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Elhay are found; 90 percent are found in North Africa and 90 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is borne by 732 people, or 1 in 125,595. Beside Egypt it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 7 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Elhay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elhay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺤﻲ | alhy | - |
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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 Elhay
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