Last name Elyas (Elyas 
, إلياس 
, Ellyas 
) , across the world, is a common cognomen. The surname Elyas is characteristic of Sudan, where it is quite a common surname, Brunei, and Libya, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Ethiopia, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia. Likewise, Elyas is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Elyas | Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Afghanistan |
| إلياس | Egypt, Sudan, Lebanon, Algeria, Morocco |
| Ellyas | Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, India, Ethiopia, Indonesia |
| Эльяс | Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine |
| ismail elyas Indonesian politician (born 1954 in Cijulang), ID (b. 1954) |
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| abdulla elyas Co-Founder & CPO, Careem |
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| tariq elyas researcher |
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