Elkhay Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Elkhay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 36 | 1:113,746 | 6,801 |
| United States | 36 | 1:10,068,304 | 413,125 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
Elkhay Demographics
Average Elkhay Salary in
United States
$49,688 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Elkhay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elkhay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elkhay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺨﻲ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elkhay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,020,555th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 47 percent of Elkhay live; 42 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Elkhay is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 113,746. In Mauritania Elkhay is most numerous in: Assaba Region, where 56 percent reside, Guidimagha Region, where 22 percent reside and Hodh Chargui Region, where 19 percent reside. Not including Mauritania this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 42 percent reside and Israel, where 12 percent reside.
Elkhay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Elkhay surname are 24.55% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 77.78% being registered to vote for the party.
Elkhay earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.15% more than the national average, earning $49,688 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Elkhay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elkhay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺨﻲ | alkhy | 93.33 |
| ﺧﻲ | khy | 6.67 |
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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 Elkhay
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