Elphick Surname

101,757th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,638 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Elphick Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Alfech.' Mr. Lower says, 'Elfech occurs in Domesday as having been a subtenant in Sussex, temp. Edward the Confessor, and not long previously (1006) St. Elphegus or Alphagewas archbishop of Canterbury' (Patr.

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Elphick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1,9701:13,7031,963
England1,6641:33,4844,427
United States3641:995,76673,638
Canada2411:152,88615,553
New Zealand1271:35,6566,115
South Africa1041:520,93941,780
Wales581:53,3544,894
Chile251:704,65916,160
Ireland201:235,4479,345
Scotland201:267,69112,985
France111:6,038,429280,838
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9931:24,5473,398
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:947,52256,651

Elphick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Alfech.' Mr. Lower says, 'Elfech occurs in Domesday as having been a subtenant in Sussex, temp. Edward the Confessor, and not long previously (1006) St. Elphegus or Alphagewas archbishop of Canterbury' (Patr. Brit). This derivation seems natural.

1580-1. John Avnscombe and Susanna Eliecke, widow: Marriage Lic. (London).

Margaret Elphick, of Prescot, 1649: Wills at Chester.

Robert Elphicke, 1656: St. Dionis Backchurch (London).

1667. Married — John Ellthicke and Mary Atkins: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) the Domesday Ælfec(h, &c., Anglo-Saxon Ælfheág or Ælfheáh = Elf-High or Elf-Sublime [Old English ælf, elf + heáh, high, supreme, sublime] St. Alphege, or Ælfheáh, Archbishop of Canterbury, was killed A.D. 1012.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

There is a group of names which may fairly be placed around this as a common centre; viz. Alphe, Alphen, Alphew, Alpheg, Elphee, Elfeck, Alphegh, &c. AElfech occurs in Domesd. as having been a sub-tenant in Sussex, temp. Edw. Confessor, and not long previously, viz. A.D. 1006, St. Elphegus or Alphage was Archbishop of Canterbury. The personal name is evidently of Anglo-Saxon origin, and it has been derived from two words in that language-al, all, and fegan, to fix or join, and interpreted to signify "a man who can do anything; a Jack of all Trades." Encycl. Perthensis.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Elphick Last Name Facts

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

The surname Elphick occurs more in Australia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Elphick? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 101,757th most frequently held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,571,269 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 45 percent of Elphick reside; 45 percent reside in Australasia and 45 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most commonly used in Australia, where it is carried by 1,970 people, or 1 in 13,703. In Australia it is most common in: New South Wales, where 61 percent are found, Western Australia, where 12 percent are found and Victoria, where 12 percent are found. Beside Australia this last name is found in 29 countries. It is also found in England, where 36 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.

Elphick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Elphick has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 168 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 687 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 286 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Elphick Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Elphick last name are 3.09% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 56.32% being registered with the political party.

The amount Elphick earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.87% more than the national average, earning R 434,568 per year; in United States they earn 16.84% more than the national average, earning $50,417 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.17% more than the national average, earning $50,266 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elphicke9338/
Elphic92115/
Elpick922/
Alphick863/
Elphisc861/
Helpick860/
Elphics860/
Elphisk860/
Elpik8319/
Elphicková821/
Elfick7775/
Helpic770/
Halpick7154/
Helfick710/
Elpek6744/
Elfik6740/
Alpik6715/
Elfic671/

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