Elijah Family History
Elijah Name Meaning
Welsh, Jewish, and American: from the personal name Elijah,
the usual English transliteration in the King James Bible (Old
Testament) of the Hebrew name Eliyahu ‘Jehovah is God’, name of
one of the Biblical prophets (see Elias). AB As a Welsh
surname, this is a comparatively late adoption of the personal name,
adopted after Old Testament given names became popular among
Nonconformists.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Elijah Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Elijah families
 3 - 2  2 - 2 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Elijah Family Origin
Elijah Emigration Information (US)
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Elijah Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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