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 surname Ellappen is found most frequently in South Africa. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ellappen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,391,595th most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name Ellappen occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Ellappen live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most commonly occurring forename globally. It is borne by 61 people.

Ellappen is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 138 people, or 1 in 392,592. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 76 percent are found, Western Cape, where 13 percent are found and Gauteng, where 8 percent are found. Excluding South Africa Ellappen is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 11 percent are found and Scotland, where 1 percent are found.

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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