Elias is used as a family name or surname in Hebrew. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Elias
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Signifies Lord God

How popular is Elias?

Elias is common in Brazil.

Elias is ranked 848 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Eliases grew by 27.33835 per cent to 24696 since 2000 and ranked 1443 after elevating 251 spots. The last name was found in around 84 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 50.11 45.21
White 41.59 47.48
Black 4.8 3.81
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.84 1.09
Others 1.34 2.06
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.32 0.36
Elias is quite popular family name mostly used in Tanzania while Micronesia is ahead in terms of density. Around 624036 people have been found who wears Elias as their family name. Elias is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,367 Japan9
9,568 Thailand8
20,441 Georgia8
1,005 Cayman Islands7
1,334 Marshall Islands5
2,537 Afghanistan4
3,044 Zambia4
32,472 Azerbaijan3
14,494 Armenia3
1,718 Yemen3
9,077 Lithuania3
1,851 Togo3
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
4,104 South Korea2
175 Åland2
5,859 Mauritius2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
4,164 Vietnam2
23,858 Iran2
1,136 Mali2
7,847 Albania1
16,073 Latvia1
1,542 Andorra1
4,942 Libya1
7,198 Maldives1
6,212 Jamaica1
356 Eritrea1
444 Faroe Islands1
2,057 Isle of Man1
2,613 The Bahamas1
1,005 The Gambia1
734 Chad1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
19,810 Croatia1
1,879 Belize1
4,249 Cambodia1
38,063 Mauritania1
11,923 Slovenia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
745 Barbados39
423 Grenada39
1,135 Iceland35
62,367 Kazakhstan33
46,018 Belarus22
3,546 Senegal21
3,114 China14
23,990 Serbia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
414 Brunei99
7,457 New Zealand97
361 Saint Lucia87
1,326 Costa Rica86
65,656 Ukraine72
8,532 Denmark69
801 Luxembourg66
3,129 Northern Ireland60
5,846 Ireland55
Countries with hundreds of Elias:
1,644 Belgium935
1,388 Hungary916
707 Paraguay907
2,690 Ivory Coast877
424 Wales847
3,725 Ghana799
2,189 Greece713
453 Puerto Rico707
385 Botswana690
18,512 Italy560
2,473 Ecuador553
3,564 Zimbabwe536
1,982 Sweden500
1,232 Oman433
947 Panama424
2,595 Austria419
844 Namibia407
1,078 Uruguay403
5,174 Sri Lanka391
15,860 Poland382
1,011 Kuwait366
3,196 Switzerland360
6,356 Romania355
30 Micronesia321
755 Qatar302
17,962 Morocco268
53,118 Russia263
631 Estonia260
1,056 Nicaragua253
660 Guyana215
960 Trinidad and Tobago214
27,627 Turkey175
529 Cyprus155
2,460 Singapore148
264 Cape Verde127
1,279 Bahrain122
6,322 Finland121
4,818 Scotland118
1,132 Suriname107
7,291 Norway105
Countries with thousands of Elias:
148 El Salvador9,001
306 Angola8,003
561 Iraq7,216
135 Lebanon5,667
965 Spain5,471
485 Malawi4,645
744 Malaysia4,578
1,656 Uganda3,734
244 Israel3,511
1,824 Kenya3,139
2,746 Germany3,127
4,322 Philippines3,093
1,737 Canada2,938
1,251 Saudi Arabia2,886
517 Cuba2,841
2,293 South Africa2,831
2,646 France2,829
439 Portugal2,807
622 Bolivia2,773
16,052 India2,755
313 Papua New Guinea2,491
3,184 England2,420
3,024 Algeria2,231
1,321 Venezuela2,132
565 Dominican Republic2,127
897 Benin2,109
662 Czech Republic1,924
1,835 Colombia1,887
1,712 Australia1,860
968 Rwanda1,684
627 United Arab Emirates1,590
8,653 Indonesia1,501
2,422 Cameroon1,487
220 Lesotho1,482
267 Slovakia1,430
637 Honduras1,406
746 Jordan1,387
961 Niger1,339
1,235 Haiti1,297
4,683 Pakistan1,257
1,247 Chile1,169
2,268 Netherlands1,081
Countries with ten thousands of Elias:
199 Ethiopia65,476
534 Mexico33,737
599 Bangladesh27,501
1,706 United States23,134
107 Syria19,988
617 Egypt18,182
1,671 Nigeria14,978
319 Sudan13,918
375 Peru13,865
316 Argentina13,423
315 Mozambique12,380
252 Guatemala10,701
Countries with hundred thousands of Elias:
33 Tanzania112,356
236 Brazil105,461
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 33 years old workman William Elias and 25 years old workman David Elias who were residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on July 25, 1848 by Columbus put out from Liverpool.

From Italy

Laborer Antone Elias and laborer Michel Elias from Italy aboard the Leerdam from Rotterdam. Antone is registered to be 25 years old when he arrived in USA on January 3, 1887.

Comments

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Crista Vegas
elias is a surname, represents the Greco-Latin form of Elie, name of biblical origin, derived from the Hebrew Elijah, that is to say, my god yah, jehovah.

Elias Namesakes

    Melissa Elias, Canadian actress
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  • Akiva Eliash, Actor
  • Manuel Ulloa Elias, Former Prime Minister of Peru
  • Alix Elias, Actress
  • Alois Eliáš, Politician
  • Helmi Eliza Elias, Soccer player
  • Alois Eliáš, Politician
  • Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Saint
  • Amalin Yabur Elías, Mexican Politician
  • In 2020, Simon Elias played the role of Armando Casas in comedy movie Bendita Rebeldía.
  • Daniel Elias, from 2016 0 movie La Hija, who played Horacio.
  • Iraia Elias, from 2015 drama film Amama, who played Amaia.
  • In 2013, Rebecca Elias portrayed the role of Burkes's Victim in action and crime flick Escape from Babylon.
  • Constantine Elias played the small character of Grayton in 2013 thriller movie Sb-1070.
  • In 2014, Mark J. Elias played the role of N in comedy movie Gypsy Cops!.
  • In 2008 adventure and drama movie, Netto e o Domador de Cavalos, Evandro Elias portrayed Negrinho.

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