Eliah Surname
Approximately 5,759 people bear this surname
Eliah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4,274 | 1:12,387 | 1,610 |
| Malawi | 523 | 1:32,733 | 4,882 |
| Indonesia | 486 | 1:272,118 | 24,573 |
| Nigeria | 146 | 1:1,213,307 | 48,905 |
| Zimbabwe | 85 | 1:181,626 | 21,765 |
| Papua New Guinea | 68 | 1:119,908 | 16,326 |
| United States | 42 | 1:8,629,975 | 373,648 |
| India | 35 | 1:21,916,154 | 310,282 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Ivory Coast | 27 | 1:854,490 | 22,281 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Eliah (16,002) may also be a first name.
Eliah Demographics
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Eliah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eliah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Eliah has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eliah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 83,967th most frequently used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 1,265,419 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Eliah live; 74 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Eliah is also the 44,424th most frequently used forename at a global level, held by 16,002 people.
Eliah is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 4,274 people, or 1 in 12,387. In Tanzania Eliah is primarily concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 35 percent reside, Dodoma Region, where 17 percent reside and Kigoma Region, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this surname is found in 32 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 9 percent reside and Indonesia, where 8 percent reside.
Eliah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Eliah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Eliah last name expanded 2,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Eliah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Eliah last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Eliah surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60% being registered with the political party.
Eliah earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.06% more than the national average, earning $48,354 USD per year.
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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 Eliah
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