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
Elakhe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elakhe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 643,972nd most commonly held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 15,472,497 people. This surname is predominantly found 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 common first name world-wide. It is borne by 88 people.
Elakhe is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 466 people, or 1 in 380,135. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 57 percent reside, Lagos, where 21 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
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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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