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 surname Eloff is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Eloff.
How Common Is The Last Name Eloff? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 102,879th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,592,906 people. The last name Eloff is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Eloff reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Eloff is also the 601,629th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 224 people.
Eloff is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 4,126 people, or 1 in 13,131. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 39 percent live, North West, where 13 percent live and Limpopo, where 11 percent live. Besides 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 occurrence of Eloff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Eloff surname grew 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 with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.06% being registered to vote for the 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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