Elishai Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Elishai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Elishai (18) may also be a first name.
Elishai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elishai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elishai is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Elishai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most frequently used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Elishai occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Elishai reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Elishai is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held forename in the world. It is borne by 18 people.
The last name Elishai is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Elishai is mostly found in: Kaduna, where 50 percent are found and Lagos, where 50 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Elishai exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Elishai
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