Elijay Surname
Approximately 218 people bear this surname
Elijay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 214 | 1:473,076 | 56,884 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Elijay (41) may also be a first name.
Elijay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elijay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elijay is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Elijay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,115,011th most frequently held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 33,429,110 people. Elijay is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Elijay reside; 96 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 96 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Elijay is also the 1,590,275th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 41 people.
The surname Elijay is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is held by 214 people, or 1 in 473,076. In The Philippines it is most common in: Western Visayas, where 52 percent reside, Calabarzon, where 19 percent reside and Central Visayas, where 9 percent reside. Beside The Philippines this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Elijay
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