Elmi is used as a family name or surname in Ethiopia. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Elmi
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ethiopia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Elmi

How popular is Elmi?

Elmi is common in Ethiopia.

Elmi is ranked 4224 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Elmis grew by 137.8229 per cent to 1289 since 2000 and ranked 20565 after elevating 17830 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 81.54 54.8
White 12.96 25.09
Others 3.1 15.5
Hispanic or Latino 1.16 1.29
Elmi is quite popular family name mostly used in Somalia while Djibouti is ahead in terms of density. Around 129425 people have been found who wears Elmi as their family name. Elmi is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
100,092 Spain9
38,459 New Zealand7
20,929 Azerbaijan7
5,340 Iceland6
101,066 Zimbabwe5
2,084 Afghanistan5
5,332 Estonia3
14,054 China3
23,165 Romania3
5,217 Zambia2
20,837 Venezuela2
5,318 Iraq2
23,344 Austria2
3,437 Sudan2
10,183 Jordan2
10,284 Kuwait2
54,135 Philippines2
692 Guinea1
53,033 Nigeria1
5,467 Haiti1
13,606 Senegal1
37,779 Serbia1
17,236 Ghana1
16,228 Bulgaria1
2,211 Brunei1
7,110 Bosnia1
10,958 Bangladesh1
16,640 Hong Kong1
20,172 Hungary1
3,243 Suriname1
7,895 South Korea1
21,562 Portugal1
58,885 Poland1
17,768 Pakistan1
11,510 Oman1
3,307 Malta1
4,942 Libya1
3,952 Yemen1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
1,179 Swaziland1
7,292 Vietnam1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
252,140 India48
33,012 Belgium45
23,537 Switzerland45
8,214 Singapore35
12,692 Scotland33
282,307 Russia27
587 Marshall Islands21
220,909 Ukraine12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,536 Finland72
66,582 Argentina60
6,104 Wales56
10,614 Denmark54
Countries with hundreds of Elmi:
31,271 United States940
7,451 England914
7,191 Egypt817
4,482 Saudi Arabia770
3,736 Malaysia632
3,777 Tunisia429
9,707 Canada410
3,142 Sweden319
17,962 Morocco268
38,971 France257
2,852 Norway243
44,967 Brazil238
43,536 Germany235
20,344 Tanzania207
4,936 United Arab Emirates199
31,070 Turkey140
39,125 South Africa128
22,464 Australia110
2,299 Qatar107
24,148 Netherlands106
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Elmi:
7 Djibouti8,832
1,591 Kenya3,610
7,968 Indonesia1,649
6,934 Italy1,556
4,327 Uganda1,120
Countries with ten thousands of Elmi:
19 Somalia76,923
749 Iran15,660
904 Ethiopia11,905
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Peasant Adolfo Elmi from Italy aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm Ii from Genoa & Gibraltar. He is registered to be 42 years old when he arrived in Arkansas on December 29, 1896. Anna Elmi (26) Peasant, 16 years old Carlo Elmi, El--- Elmi, aged 4, Perilli-Giov. Elmi (23) Laborer, Teresa Elmi (30), are other Elmi that migrated to US.

Elmi Namesakes

  • Abdiaziz Nur Elmi Koor, Politician
  • Ahmed Elmi Osman, Politician
  • Abdiwahid Elmi Gonjeh, Politician
  • Abdiwahid Elmi Gonjeh, Politician
  • Omar Elmi Aboubaker, Soccer player
  • Adon Elmir, Visual Artist
  • Aidin Elmi, Soccer player
  • Asha Haji Elmi, Somali Politician
  • Bianca Elmir, Boxer
  • Bianca Elmir, Boxer
  • In 2011 horror flick, Eaters, Rosella Elmi played Alexis.

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