Egbeleke Surname

412,207th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 846 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Egbeleke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egbeleke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8321:212,91212,651
Benin41:2,583,90073,293
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Egbeleke (38) may also be a first name.

Egbeleke Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Egbeleke Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Egbeleke occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Egbeleke click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Egbeleke? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 412,207th most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 8,614,120 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Egbeleke reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most numerous first name globally It is held by 38 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 832 people, or 1 in 212,912. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Oyo, where 75 percent are found, Lagos, where 10 percent are found and Ogun, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Egbeleke
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