Elkay Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Elkay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 29 | 1:2,683,497 | 81,313 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Elkay (35) may also be a first name.
Elkay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elkay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elkay (Russian: Элькай) is most common in Turkey. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Elkay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,485,539th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Elkay are found; 94 percent are found in West Asia and 91 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Elkay is also the 1,744,716th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 35 people.
Elkay is most widely held in Turkey, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 2,683,497. In Turkey Elkay is most frequent in: Kocaeli Province, where 76 percent are found, Kayseri Province, where 21 percent are found and Denizli Province, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Turkey this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Qatar, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Elkay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elkay in the Russian language | ||
| Элькай | elkaj | - |
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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 Elkay
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