Elyah Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Elyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
Elyah (292) may also be a first name.
Elyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elyah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻴﺢ) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elyah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,352,516th most frequently held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name Elyah occurs mostly in Asia, where 71 percent of Elyah reside; 50 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 516,683rd most frequently occurring forename at a global level, held by 292 people.
The surname Elyah is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 4,007,551. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: Jambi, where 48 percent reside, Central Java, where 24 percent reside and South Sumatra, where 18 percent reside. Other than Indonesia it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 21 percent reside and Egypt, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Elyah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elyah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻴﺢ | alyh | - |
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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 Elyah
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