Elhej Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Elhej Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Elhej Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elhej Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Elhej (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺎﺝ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Elhej? popularity and diffusion
The surname Elhej is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Elhej live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
Elhej is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 33 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Elhej Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elhej in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺤﺎﺝ | alhaj | 75 |
| ﺣﺠﻪ | hjh | 25 |
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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 Elhej
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