Elphus Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Elphus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elphus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
England41:13,929,515290,718
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Elphus (1,717) may also be a first name.

Elphus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Elphus occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Elphus click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elphus? popularity and diffusion

The surname Elphus is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Elphus reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 185,275th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 1,717 people.

The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Elphus is most numerous in: Osun, where 57 percent live, Ogun, where 21 percent live and Ondo, where 21 percent live. Barring Nigeria Elphus exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 19 percent live and Iceland, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elpheus925/
Elphaus921/
Elpus91108/
Alphus8383/
Ilphus831/
Helpus830/
Elpu8067/
Alpheus77450/
Alphaus7766/
Alphuis771/
Alphush771/
Olphuis771/
Elpos73653/
Elpuz73126/
Olpus73105/
Alpus7340/
Gelpu7315/
Elfus739/
Ellpu733/
Elpuy731/
Holphaus711/
Halphaus710/
Elposs67122/
Hõlpus6765/
Alpous6748/
Gelfus6723/
Helpup6715/
Alpuis6714/
Hilpus6712/
Holpus6711/
Alpeus6711/
Eilpuu679/
Elphoo674/
Alpush674/
Helpud671/
Alpfus671/
Halpus671/
Ollpus671/

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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
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  • 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 Elphus
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