Elenga
surname · French · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Elenga is a surname, most frequently recorded in the Congo - Kinshasa, where it is the 5th most common surname. It appears chiefly in French and Swahili, written in the Latin script.
- CDCongo - Kinshasa1 in 807◐
- FRFrance1 in 5.2M
- CGCongo - Brazzaville1 in 530
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈58 ●
- Sources
- 128 ●
- 1 in 508K ◐
across 5 countries
4.9K records
Official registry-verified
Netherlands
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #5 | 3,183 | 3.2K rec. | — | — | Elenga | 9 |
| US United States | — | 290 | 317 rec. | — | — | Elenga | 33 |
| CG Congo - Brazzaville | #5 | 184 | 171 rec. | — | — | Elenga | 16 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 34△ | 11 rec. | 1 in 508K | 34 | Elenga | 4 |
| NG Nigeria | — | 33 | 44 rec. | — | — | Elenga | 11 |
| FR France | — | 13 | 1K rec. | 1 in 5.2M | 13 | Elenga | 128 |
| GF French Guiana | #7 | 10 | 0 rec. | — | — | Elenga | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 8 | 8 rec. | — | — | Elenga | 5 |
| CA Canada | — | 7 | 9 rec. | — | — | Elenga | 3 |
| BE Belgium | — | 6 | 26 rec. | 1 in 2M | 6 | Elenga | 9 |
| ES Spain | — | 6 | 8 rec. | — | — | Elenga | 2 |
| MA Morocco | — | 6 | 7 rec. | — | — | Elenga | 3 |
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Languages●
- French3.4K58%
- Swahili85715%
- English80314%
- Spanish2043%
- Portuguese1783%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| French | 3,387 | 58% |
| Swahili | 857 | 15% |
| English | 803 | 14% |
| Spanish | 204 | 3% |
| Portuguese | 178 | 3% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Evidence●
Attested in 8 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 34 | #38,661 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 13 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 9 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 6 | #91,953 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 4 | #118,617 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 3 | — |
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register) | — | 2 | — |
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup) | — | 2 | #22,407 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 2 | — |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 1 | #244,076 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 17 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Elenga?
- We estimate roughly 58 people bear Elenga (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.
- In which country does Elenga have the most bearers?
- Elenga is most frequently recorded in the Congo - Kinshasa, where it is most often spelled elenga.
- How common is Elenga compared with other names?
- In the Congo - Kinshasa, Elenga is the 5th most common surname of 42,172 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Elenga” — the 5th most common surname in Congo - Kinshasa. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.