Elkaya Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Elkaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 102 | 1:762,955 | 37,984 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Elkaya (39) may also be a first name.
Elkaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elkaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Elkaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻘﺎﻳﻪ, Russian: Елькая) is found most frequently in Turkey. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Elkaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,755,741st most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Elkaya are found; 90 percent are found in West Asia and 89 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequent given name globally It is held by 39 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 762,955. In Turkey it is primarily found in: Izmir Province, where 30 percent are found, Konya Province, where 25 percent are found and Giresun Province, where 19 percent are found. Apart from Turkey this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Elkaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elkaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻘﺎﻳﻪ | alqayh | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻟﻘﺎﻳﺔ | alqayt | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻟﻜﺎﻳﻪ | alkayh | 16.67 |
| ﺍﻟﻐﺎﻳﻪ | alghayh | 16.67 |
| Elkaya in the Russian language | ||
| Елькая | elkaa | - |
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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 Elkaya
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