Eljah Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Eljah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Eljah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria321:5,535,711139,404
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Eljah (85) may also be a first name.

Eljah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Eljah Come From? nationality or country of origin

Eljah is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Eljah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,141,416th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name Eljah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Eljah live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Eljah is also the 1,039,322nd most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 85 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria it is most common in: Abia, where 31 percent are found, Rivers, where 19 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 5 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found.

Eljah Last Name Statistics demography

Eljah earn a lot less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 37.03% less than the national average, earning $14,295,700 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eljach91477/
Eiljah9113/
Eljash914/
Elhjah911/
Eljiah911/
Eljaih911/
Elljah911/
Elja8921/
Elaijah83146/
Eleijah836/
Elijach832/
Elijaih832/
Eljaich832/
Geljiah832/
Gelijah831/
Elijash831/
Elijahe831/
Elajiah831/
Eljasch831/
Eljjaha831/
Elayjah831/
Eliah805,759/
Elija802,260/
Eljai801,311/
Eljay80459/
Helja80302/
Eljas80162/
Eleah80157/
Aljah805/
Eljad805/
Gelja803/
Eljaz801/
Eljaï801/
Ejlja801/
Healijah773/
Helaijah771/
Elhyah73763/
Eliahu73678/
Elliah73467/
Elijas73277/
Elhiah73244/
Eljaid73241/
Elijay73218/
Elaija73201/
Elijha7396/
Heliah7370/
Aljiah7338/
Ellija7311/
Elihah7310/
Elhija7310/
Elleah7310/
Eliaah7310/
Aeliah736/
Yiljah735/
Gelija734/
Elijat734/
Jlijah734/
Eljaiz734/
Eljazz734/
Elheah734/
Eleija733/
Elijia733/
Eglija733/
Elehah732/
Eliaha732/
Elijai732/
Elijja732/
Ielija731/
Elejia731/
Elgiah731/
Aljahh731/
Aljayh731/
Eleaha731/
Elijau731/
Ealija731/
Aelija731/
Iljach731/
Helija731/
Eluija731/
Elijaa731/
Elijaz731/
Eljait731/
Elajia731/
Elajja731/
Eljaad731/
Elea67362/
Haeliah67344/
Alja67251/
Ilja67122/
Elijasz67119/
Elía6727/
Heljasz6710/
Elhaija679/
Ellehah678/
Olja678/
Ilaijah678/
Eljo677/
Ilijash676/
Gelijau675/
Elaijha674/
Alaijah674/
Helijas672/
Elhajja672/
Elayyah671/
Alhjiah671/
Elijoih671/
Eliajha671/
Iljasch671/
Ellaija671/
Elhajia671/
Aljahah671/
Alujjah671/
Elajjaj671/
Elayiah671/

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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 Eljah
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