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Where Does The Last Name Els Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Els (Arabic: ايلس) is most common in South Africa. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Els? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Els is the 25,170^th most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 339,999 people. Els occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Els are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Els is also the 19,814^th most frequently occurring forename internationally It is held by 46,026 people.

The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 18,673 people, or 1 in 2,901. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 34 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 14 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 11 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname occurs in 73 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Els Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Els has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Els surname rose 1,770 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Els Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Els surname are 24.34% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.11% registered with the party.

The amount Els earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 80.85% more than the national average, earning R 429,780 per year; in United States they earn 3.35% less than the national average, earning $41,705 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.43% less than the national average, earning $42,512 CAD per year.