Elsay Surname
Approximately 231 people bear this surname
Elsay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 22 | 1:1,107,971 | 42,566 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Elsay (57) may also be a first name.
Elsay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elsay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Elsay occurs in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Elsay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elsay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Elsay is the 1,073,555th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 31,547,818 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Elsay live; 93 percent live in North Africa and 93 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 57 people.
It is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is carried by 214 people, or 1 in 429,606. Excluding Egypt Elsay exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 3 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Elsay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Elsay has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Elsay last name decreased 86 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Elsay
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