Elakhe Surname
Approximately 471 people bear this surname
Elakhe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 466 | 1:380,135 | 20,197 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Elakhe (88) may also be a first name.
Elakhe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elakhe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Elakhe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Elakhe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Elakhe is the 643,972nd most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,472,497 people. The last name Elakhe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Elakhe reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Elakhe is also the 1,017,994th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 88 people.
The surname Elakhe is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 466 people, or 1 in 380,135. In Nigeria Elakhe is mostly found in: Edo, where 57 percent are found, Lagos, where 21 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and Kenya, 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
- 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 Elakhe
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