Ele Surname
Approximately 10,439 people bear this surname
Ele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,514 | 1:39,243 | 3,143 |
| Cameroon | 1,944 | 1:10,684 | 1,426 |
| India | 1,472 | 1:521,104 | 26,005 |
| Philippines | 642 | 1:157,692 | 26,036 |
| Turkey | 383 | 1:203,189 | 14,853 |
| Indonesia | 244 | 1:542,005 | 43,754 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| United States | 232 | 1:1,562,323 | 105,498 |
| Papua New Guinea | 129 | 1:63,207 | 8,198 |
| Congo | 91 | 1:54,825 | 4,954 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Ivory Coast | 60 | 1:384,521 | 13,351 |
| Benin | 57 | 1:181,326 | 17,693 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 36 | 1:31,546 | 134 |
| Uganda | 30 | 1:1,301,309 | 50,636 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Spain | 26 | 1:1,798,155 | 50,469 |
| Italy | 23 | 1:2,658,986 | 96,069 |
| France | 22 | 1:3,019,215 | 204,848 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Solomon Islands | 13 | 1:44,618 | 8,903 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Colombia | 9 | 1:5,308,230 | 18,838 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Elé (1), Elê (1), Éle (1) & Élè (1) are calculated separately.
Ele (11,275) may also be a first name.
Ele Demographics
Average Ele Salary in
United States
$42,264 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ele (Georgian: ელე, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻝ, Hindi: ेले, Marathi: येले) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Elé, Elê, Éle or Élè. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 49,301st most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 698,108 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Ele reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 56,539th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 11,275 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4,514 people, or 1 in 39,243. In Nigeria Ele is most frequent in: Cross River, where 46 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 12 percent are found and Lagos, where 5 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 69 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 19 percent are found and India, where 14 percent are found.
Ele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ele has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ele last name grew 2,109 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ele Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ele surname are 11.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.54% registered with the political party.
The amount Ele earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.05% less than the national average, earning $42,264 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.09% less than the national average, earning $45,665 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ele in the Georgian language | ||
| ელე | ele | - |
| Ele in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻝ | al | - |
| Ele in the Hindi language | ||
| ेले | ele | 91.89 |
| एले | ele | 8.11 |
| Ele in the Marathi language | ||
| येले | yele | 45.45 |
| अॅले | aele | 27.27 |
| ेले | ele | 9.09 |
| अेले | aele | 9.09 |
| ज़ेले | zele | 9.09 |
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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 Ele
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