Elawani Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Elawani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elawani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1581:1,121,15746,146
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Elawani (51) may also be a first name.

Elawani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Elawani is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Elawani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,369,340th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Elawani reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Elawani is also the 1,396,783rd most common first name in the world, borne by 51 people.

Elawani is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 158 people, or 1 in 1,121,157. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Nasarawa, where 52 percent live, Benue, where 45 percent live and Lagos, where 1 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent live and Egypt, where 1 percent live.

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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 Elawani
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