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 surname Elkaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻘﺎﻳﻪ, Russian: Елькая) is found most in Turkey. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elkaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Elkaya is the 1,755,741st most frequently held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. It occurs mostly 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 prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 39 people.
The last name Elkaya is most widely held in Turkey, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 762,955. In Turkey Elkaya is most frequent in: Izmir Province, where 30 percent are found, Konya Province, where 25 percent are found and Giresun Province, where 19 percent are found. Excluding Turkey it occurs 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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