Elyak Surname
Approximately 376 people bear this surname
Elyak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 240 | 1:162,664 | 14,032 |
| Turkey | 123 | 1:632,694 | 33,456 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
Elyak (126) may also be a first name.
Elyak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elyak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Elyak is found most in Uganda. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Elyak.
How Common Is The Last Name Elyak? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 760,012th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,381,771 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Elyak are found; 64 percent are found in East Africa and 63 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 829,183rd most widespread forename world-wide, borne by 126 people.
The surname is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 240 people, or 1 in 162,664. In Uganda Elyak is most frequent in: Apac District, where 69 percent reside, Kole District, where 16 percent reside and Lira District, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Uganda this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 33 percent reside and Belgium, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Elyak
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