Surname Ельбай (Elbay 
, Ельбай 
) , around the world, is quite a rare last name. The surname Ельбай is characteristic of Turkey, where it is quite a rare surname, Morocco, where it is a rare surname, and Libya. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Turkey, Morocco, and Egypt. Much less frequently, Ельбай is the forename as well as the last name.