Elishay Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Elishay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Elishay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elishay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elishay is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Elishay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Elishay occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Elishay reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Elishay is most numerous in: Federal Capital Territory, where 100 percent live. Beside Nigeria Elishay occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.
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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 Elishay
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