Ellappen Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Ellappen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ellappen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1381:392,59234,819
Malaysia181:1,638,56867,452
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Ellappen (61) may also be a first name.

Ellappen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ellappen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ellappen is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ellappen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,391,595th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name Ellappen is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Ellappen reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most commonly held forename in the world. It is borne by 61 people.

Ellappen is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 138 people, or 1 in 392,592. In South Africa Ellappen is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 76 percent reside, Western Cape, where 13 percent reside and Gauteng, where 8 percent reside. Barring South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 11 percent reside and Scotland, where 1 percent reside.

Ellappen Last Name Statistics demography

Ellappen earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 2.75% more than the national average, earning R 244,164 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yellappen9419/
Ellapen93638/
Elappen935/
Yellapen885/
Allappen884/
Ellapin80191/
Eleppen809/
Allapen804/
Helapen803/
Ellepen801/
Oehlhappen780/
Elepen7148/
Olapen7122/
Elapin7117/
Elopen7114/
Alapen713/
Alapuen6747/
Elapina6717/
Jelapin6714/
Helapin671/

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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 Ellappen
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