Ellizabeth Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ecuador

Ellizabeth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ellizabeth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ellizabeth (901) may also be a first name.

Ellizabeth Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ellizabeth occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ellizabeth? popularity and diffusion

Ellizabeth is the 4,649,889th most frequently used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Ellizabeth reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 270,435th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 901 people.

The surname Ellizabeth is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Ellizabeth is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 64 percent are found, Rivers, where 27 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 11 percent are found and Australia, where 6 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 Ellizabeth
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