Eliaja Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Eliaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 170 | 1:1,042,016 | 43,672 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Eliaja (102) may also be a first name.
Eliaja Demographics
Eliaja Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Eliaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eliaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Eliaja (Oriya: ଏଲିଆଜର) is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Eliaja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eliaja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,276,805th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Eliaja reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 935,178th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 102 people.
The surname Eliaja is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 170 people, or 1 in 1,042,016. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 42 percent live, Delta, where 9 percent live and Kogi, where 9 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Eliaja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Eliaja surname is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eliaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eliaja in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏଲିଆଜର | eli'ajara | 50 |
| ଇଲିଆଜ୍ | ili'aj | 50 |
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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 Eliaja
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