Cognomen Elkes (Elkes 
, אלקס 
) , all over the world, is quite a rare last name. The cognomen Elkes is habitual in Egypt, where it is a rare surname, Israel, and the United Kingdom. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Egypt, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Much less frequently, Elkes is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Elkes | Germany, China, United Kingdom, Egypt, United States |
| אלקס | Israel |
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harry elkes American cyclist, US (b. 1878) |
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elchanan elkes LT (b. 1879) |
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| elkhanan elkes Jewish-Lithuanian physician and Holocaust victim (1879-1944), LT (b. 1879) |
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| jack elkes English footballer (1894-1972), GB (b. 1894) |
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| joel elkes English medical researcher (1913-2015), RU (b. 1913) |
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| lejb elkes holocaust victim, b. 1932, PL (b. 1932) |
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| jack elkes researcher |
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