Elkish Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Elkish Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Libya | 25 | 1:249,759 | 1,033 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Elkish Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elkish Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elkish is found most in Libya. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Elkish click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elkish? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,323,005th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name Elkish occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Elkish live; 71 percent live in North Africa and 71 percent live in Arabic North Africa.
Elkish is most prevalent in Libya, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 249,759. Besides Libya this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 26 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Elkish Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Elkish has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Elkish
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