Elissa Surname
Approximately 1,821 people bear this surname
Elissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 1,394 | 1:4,044 | 746 |
| Iraq | 79 | 1:443,312 | 7,666 |
| Palestine | 64 | 1:71,076 | 6,019 |
| Indonesia | 54 | 1:2,449,059 | 145,688 |
| Yemen | 50 | 1:528,506 | 10,844 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Israel | 18 | 1:475,424 | 36,085 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Elissa (30,670) may also be a first name.
Elissa Demographics
Average Elissa Salary in
England
£30,525
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Elissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Elissa (Arabic: آليسا, Russian: Элисса) is found most frequently in Lebanon. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Elissa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elissa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 223,609th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 4,001,947 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Elissa live; 93 percent live in West Asia and 85 percent live in Levant. It is also the 27,434th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 30,670 people.
Elissa is most frequently used in Lebanon, where it is carried by 1,394 people, or 1 in 4,044. In Lebanon Elissa is most common in: Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 86 percent live, Beqaa Governorate, where 10 percent live and North Governorate, where 1 percent live. Apart from Lebanon this last name is found in 28 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 4 percent live and Palestine, where 4 percent live.
Elissa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Elissa surname is principally Maronite (82%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Elissa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elissa in the Russian language | ||
| Элисса | elissa | - |
| Elissa in the Arabic language | ||
| آليسا | alysa | - |
| اليسّا | alysa | - |
| اليسَّا | alysaa | - |
| اليسا | alysa | - |
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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 Elissa
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