The surname Alefantis is quite uncommon. Ancestry.com says there are only 49 people with this last name and they are all in US and Canada. The site also says it does not find any meaning for the name, so it is not a Greek name for elephant, it appears.
http://forebears.io/surnames/alefantis
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byorderoftheguild ago
http://sli.mg/a/UJGvjj
Idk if this has been posted before or if it's of any relevance, but I did find it interesting.