Ilyas Surname
Approximately 314,645 people bear this surname
Ilyas Surname User-submission:
This surname comes from a male given name, which originates from the Greek language. It comes from the name Elia, which is a distortion of the name Eliyahu (highest God), it is used by both Christians and Muslims, and a Greek suffix -s.
Read More About This SurnameIlyas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 250,357 | 1:714 | 113 |
| Indonesia | 30,787 | 1:4,296 | 545 |
| India | 7,144 | 1:107,372 | 7,029 |
| Saudi Arabia | 6,201 | 1:4,976 | 674 |
| Somalia | 2,990 | 1:4,499 | 391 |
| Sri Lanka | 2,704 | 1:7,695 | 1,125 |
| England | 2,152 | 1:25,891 | 3,540 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2,040 | 1:4,491 | 564 |
| Nigeria | 1,901 | 1:93,184 | 6,433 |
| Morocco | 1,295 | 1:26,622 | 4,228 |
| Egypt | 1,129 | 1:81,431 | 7,252 |
| Turkey | 871 | 1:89,347 | 8,007 |
| United States | 790 | 1:458,809 | 39,173 |
| Bangladesh | 721 | 1:221,022 | 7,250 |
| Qatar | 378 | 1:6,238 | 660 |
| Kuwait | 357 | 1:10,646 | 1,481 |
| Oman | 343 | 1:10,752 | 1,359 |
| Malaysia | 332 | 1:88,838 | 6,204 |
| Spain | 271 | 1:172,517 | 12,306 |
| Djibouti | 175 | 1:5,228 | 394 |
| Canada | 170 | 1:216,739 | 20,919 |
| Kenya | 164 | 1:281,585 | 18,349 |
| Bahrain | 147 | 1:9,174 | 1,687 |
| Maldives | 133 | 1:3,039 | 303 |
| Niger | 110 | 1:174,473 | 6,193 |
| Norway | 83 | 1:61,955 | 8,821 |
| Scotland | 71 | 1:75,406 | 5,680 |
| Kazakhstan | 71 | 1:249,049 | 21,962 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 69 | 1:86,560 | 10,974 |
| Australia | 65 | 1:415,318 | 33,226 |
| Germany | 60 | 1:1,341,758 | 84,137 |
| Denmark | 54 | 1:104,532 | 9,834 |
| South Africa | 51 | 1:1,062,308 | 63,943 |
| Thailand | 51 | 1:1,385,066 | 192,885 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Sweden | 41 | 1:240,165 | 16,652 |
| Wales | 32 | 1:96,704 | 7,743 |
| Belgium | 32 | 1:359,270 | 39,406 |
| Philippines | 24 | 1:4,218,259 | 160,165 |
| Greece | 21 | 1:527,609 | 66,013 |
| Russia | 20 | 1:7,206,153 | 275,629 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| Austria | 15 | 1:567,696 | 52,281 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Azerbaijan | 8 | 1:1,206,140 | 16,795 |
| Kosovo | 8 | 1:232,734 | 7,787 |
| Northern Cyprus | 7 | 1:45,573 | 7,927 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| North Macedonia | 6 | 1:350,245 | 17,994 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
The alternate forms: Ilyaš (2) are calculated separately.
Ilyas (308,269) may also be a first name.
Ilyas Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname comes from a male given name, which originates from the Greek language. It comes from the name Elia, which is a distortion of the name Eliyahu (highest God), it is used by both Christians and Muslims, and a Greek suffix -s.
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Ilyas Religious Adherence
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Ilyas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ilyas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ilyas (Arabic: ألياس, Dhivehi: ްއިލްޔާސް, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻴﺎﺱ, Hindi: इल्यास, Marathi: इलयास, Oriya: ଇଲିୟାସ, Russian: Ильяс) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It can also occur as a variant: Ilyaš. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ilyas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,750th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 23,161 people. The surname Ilyas occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Ilyas are found; 83 percent are found in South Asia and 80 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Ilyas is also the 3,380th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 308,269 people.
The surname Ilyas is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 250,357 people, or 1 in 714. In Pakistan it is most common in: Punjab, where 58 percent live, Sindh, where 17 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 16 percent live. Beside Pakistan it exists in 87 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 10 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Ilyas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Muslim (93%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Ilyas surname are 31.88% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 85.11% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Ilyas earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 2.91% less than the national average, earning 335,996 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 22.25% less than the national average, earning R 184,764 per year; in United States they earn 21.7% more than the national average, earning $52,514 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.42% more than the national average, earning $52,871 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ilyas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ilyas in the Hindi language | ||
| इल्यास | ilyasa | 85.61 |
| इलयास | ilayasa | 11.53 |
| ईल्यास | ilyasa | 0.94 |
| इल्यास़ | ilyasa | 0.03 |
| इल्यस | ilyasa | 0.03 |
| इल्मास | ilmasa | 0.01 |
| इल्याश | ilyasa | 0.01 |
| इल्याज | ilyaja | 0.01 |
| ़इल्यास | ilyasa | 0.01 |
| ईल्याज | ilyaja | 0.01 |
| Ilyas in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻴﺎﺱ | alyas | 75 |
| ﺇﻟﻴﺎﺱ | alyas | 25 |
| Ilyas in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ްއިލްޔާސް | ilyas | 75 |
| ުއިލްޔާސް | uilyas | 25 |
| Ilyas in the Marathi language | ||
| इलयास | ilayasa | 43.43 |
| यास | yasa | 25.56 |
| इिलयास | iilayasa | 10.18 |
| इलायस | ilayasa | 5.09 |
| इलीयास | iliyasa | 4.2 |
| ईलायास | ilayasa | 2.13 |
| यस | yasa | 0.3 |
| लयास | layasa | 0.12 |
| ियास | iyasa | 0.12 |
| याश | yasa | 0.06 |
| ्यास | yasa | 0.06 |
| अयास | ayasa | 0.06 |
| इलया | ilaya | 0.06 |
| ईलास | ilasa | 0.06 |
| ईलया | ilaya | 0.06 |
| इलास | ilasa | 0.06 |
| इयाश | iyasa | 0.06 |
| Ilyas in the Oriya language | ||
| ଇଲିୟାସ | iliyasa | 38.1 |
| ଇଲିଆସ | ili'asa | 19.05 |
| ଇଲୟାସ | ilayasa | 14.29 |
| ଇଲଯ୍ାସ | ilayasa | 9.52 |
| ଈଲିୟାସ | iliyasa | 4.76 |
| ଇଲିଆସ୍ | ili'as | 4.76 |
| ଇୟାସ | iyasa | 4.76 |
| ଇଲିୟାସ୍ | iliyas | 4.76 |
| Ilyas in the Russian language | ||
| Ильяс | ilas | - |
| Ilyas in the Arabic language | ||
| ألياس | alyas | - |
| إلياس | alyas | - |
| الياس | alyas | - |
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