Elayo Surname
Approximately 690 people bear this surname
Elayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 667 | 1:265,581 | 15,197 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Elayo (117) may also be a first name.
Elayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elayo is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elayo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Elayo is the 482,629th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 10,561,661 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Elayo are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 864,112th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 117 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 667 people, or 1 in 265,581. In Nigeria Elayo is mostly concentrated in: Nasarawa, where 81 percent reside, Benue, where 7 percent reside and Kaduna, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Elayo exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and England, 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
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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 Elayo
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