Eloff Surname
Approximately 4,575 people bear this surname
Eloff Surname Definition:
“Sword-Wolf”. Corruption of Nordic name Agil- wolf. (“Agil” meant sword and the wolf was an animal sacred to the God Wodan.)
Eloff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 4,126 | 1:13,131 | 1,645 |
| United States | 218 | 1:1,662,656 | 110,804 |
| England | 53 | 1:1,051,284 | 51,324 |
| Sweden | 45 | 1:218,817 | 15,158 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| Netherlands | 20 | 1:844,359 | 60,801 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Eloff (224) may also be a first name.
Eloff Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Sword-Wolf”. Corruption of Nordic name Agil- wolf. (“Agil” meant sword and the wolf was an animal sacred to the God Wodan.)
Eloff Demographics
Average Male Eloff Height
180.5 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Eloff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eloff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Eloff occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Eloff? popularity and diffusion
The last name Eloff is the 102,879th most common surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,592,906 people. Eloff occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Eloff live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Eloff is also the 601,629th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 224 people.
The surname Eloff is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 4,126 people, or 1 in 13,131. In South Africa Eloff is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 39 percent live, North West, where 13 percent live and Limpopo, where 11 percent live. Not including South Africa it is found in 29 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Eloff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Eloff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Eloff last name expanded 2,180 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Eloff Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Eloff last name are 21.29% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.06% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Eloff earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 78.95% more than the national average, earning R 425,244 per year; in United States they earn 8.42% more than the national average, earning $46,783 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.15% less than the national average, earning $47,126 CAD per year.
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