Ellijah Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Ellijah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
Ellijah (179) may also be a first name.
Ellijah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ellijah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ellijah is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ellijah.
How Common Is The Last Name Ellijah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,808,717th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 52 percent of Ellijah reside; 52 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 52 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Ellijah is also the 681,368th most frequently held forename in the world, borne by 179 people.
This surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 326,149. In Papua New Guinea Ellijah is primarily concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 96 percent are found and Manus, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea Ellijah occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found and Indonesia, where 15 percent are found.
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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 Ellijah
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