Surname Elah (אלה 
, Elah 
, Эла 
) , around the world, is quite a rare last name. The family name Elah is characteristic of Cameroon, where it is quite a rare surname, Israel, and Kuwait, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Cameroon, Indonesia, and Nigeria. More prevalently, Elah is the forename as well as the last name.