Elkai Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Elkai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Elkai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elkai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elkai occurs more in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elkai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 914,967th most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,129,469 people. The last name Elkai is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Elkai are found; 94 percent are found in North Africa and 94 percent are found in Mahgreb.
Elkai is most frequent in Morocco, where it is carried by 273 people, or 1 in 126,286. Excluding Morocco it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found and Lebanon, where 1 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
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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
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