Egelem Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Egelem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Egelem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Egelem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Egelem is found most in Nigeria. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Egelem? popularity and diffusion
Egelem is the 2,635,433rd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Egelem live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 3,342,316. In Nigeria Egelem is most common in: Rivers, where 96 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 2 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 2 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egeleme | 92 | 4 | / |
| Yegelem | 92 | 1 | / |
| Egheleme | 86 | 62 | / |
| Egelemhe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Egieleme | 86 | 1 | / |
| Engelhem | 86 | 1 | / |
| Eselem | 83 | 121 | / |
| Ezelem | 83 | 1 | / |
| Agelem | 83 | 1 | / |
| Engelen | 77 | 11,530 | / |
| Eghelen | 77 | 70 | / |
| Eggelen | 77 | 47 | / |
| Hegelen | 77 | 16 | / |
| Esielem | 77 | 13 | / |
| Eseilem | 77 | 10 | / |
| Egelien | 77 | 9 | / |
| Eseleme | 77 | 2 | / |
| Egelaim | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egelend | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eseleam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eigelen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Echelem | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hiegelheim | 75 | 0 | / |
| Eglen | 73 | 572 | / |
| Heygelen | 71 | 23 | / |
| Echeleme | 71 | 20 | / |
| Enggelen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Hengelen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eghealen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Enggelim | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hedgelen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Eaglen | 67 | 898 | / |
| Egelin | 67 | 84 | / |
| Heggelien | 67 | 58 | / |
| Agelim | 67 | 10 | / |
| Eigelienė | 67 | 7 | / |
| Heijgelen | 67 | 7 | / |
| Heglen | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ezelen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eselen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eglene | 67 | 3 | / |
| Agilem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ogalem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Izelem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iselem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejelen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Exelim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igolem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igelim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Exelen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igelen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egilen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egglen | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Egelem
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