Eli is used as a family name or surname in Hebrew. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Eli
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: The offering or lifting up

How popular is Eli?

Eli is common in India.

Eli is ranked 13318 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Elis grew by 16.41379 per cent to 1688 since 2000 and ranked 16881 after elevating 918 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 58.23 60.21
Black 21.27 20.69
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 7.82 6.9
Hispanic or Latino 5.57 3.86
Others 4.86 5.31
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.25 3.03
Eli is quite popular family name mostly used in Brazil while Mauritania is ahead in terms of density. Around 39623 people have been found who wears Eli as their family name. Eli is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
3,712 Iceland10
6,072 China7
6,235 Costa Rica7
615,517 Russia6
9,949 Trinidad and Tobago6
1,893 Angola5
7,594 Pakistan5
2,955 Syria4
1,549 Suriname3
1,851 Togo3
4,899 Ivory Coast3
1,650 Niger3
11,290 Guyana3
6,989 Uganda3
2,794 El Salvador2
18,035 Egypt2
5,671 Guatemala2
15,591 Burkina Faso2
23,344 Austria2
31,767 Greece2
14,004 Hungary2
8,657 Lebanon2
5,318 Iraq2
10,284 Kuwait2
5,817 Albania2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
7,292 Vietnam1
2,877 Cuba1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
19,810 Croatia1
90,903 Moldova1
30,360 Thailand1
28,746 Algeria1
1,542 Andorra1
9,116 Nicaragua1
10,958 Bangladesh1
13,606 Senegal1
2,190 Barbados1
50,549 Georgia1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
16,640 Hong Kong1
2,309 Monaco1
24,176 Qatar1
31,207 Ireland1
58,885 Poland1
29,046 Japan1
9,591 Panama1
11,923 Slovenia1
624 Solomon Islands1
10,683 Cyprus1
746 Dominica1
444 Faroe Islands1
25,746 Finland1
97 Tuvalu1
2,232 French Polynesia1
5,589 Sudan1
7,895 South Korea1
6,688 Malawi1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,255 Uruguay49
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
35,087 Czech Republic37
26,164 Sweden36
28,564 Switzerland36
8,214 Singapore35
16,226 New Zealand33
43,662 Belgium30
17,489 Denmark30
57,220 Netherlands27
14,399 Azerbaijan12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
30,111 Spain83
11,021 Chile81
10,531 Norway72
2,992 Puerto Rico68
6,628 Portugal65
38,122 Australia56
Countries with hundreds of Eli:
19,799 Philippines709
4,801 Cameroon694
626 Mauritania650
10,423 Argentina523
20,699 Germany504
5,243 Romania438
22,942 France429
5,324 Malaysia405
11,492 Kenya392
6,225 Peru370
26,196 Italy370
14,898 Morocco336
2,225 Bulgaria304
3,293 Slovakia280
4,084 Ecuador230
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
25,241 Tanzania158
2,025 Macedonia154
3,381 Dominican Republic144
33,856 England129
27,790 Canada123
8,698 Colombia122
43,624 South Africa110
Countries with thousands of Eli:
2,470 Brazil5,915
4,376 Nigeria5,502
3,255 Indonesia4,548
2,559 Iran4,401
1,111 Ghana3,115
17,020 United States1,938
699 Israel1,473
4,408 Mexico1,466
6,128 Turkey1,397
32,865 India1,082
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

32 years old laborer Jos. Eli who was residing in Salo, Italy migrated to USA on August 23, 1886 by Leerdam put out from Rotterdam.

Comments

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Leia Shima
 The origin of the name is Basque there are several possibilities for this etymological name - either it comes from the personal name means Elie and by extension the land of Elie - whether it comes from the word meaning elhe: the herd; and by extension the place of the flock this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Eli Namesakes

  • Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Voice actress
  • Muhammad Abdu Elif Ritonga, Drummer
  • Isah Eliakwu, Soccer player
  • Abelia Elizondo, Oliverio Gareli's mother
  • Abhilash Elikkattoor, Film Editor
  • Tobiah ben Eliezer, Poet
  • Adah Elizabeth Battley, Seamstress
  • Mary Eliza Mahoney, Nurse
  • Gastão Elias, Tennis Player
  • Kendall Elijah, Musical Artist

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