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 Male Ele Height
173.92 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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) occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant: Elé, Elê, Éle or Élè. For other potential spellings of Ele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 49,301st most frequent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 698,108 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Ele are found; 44 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ele is also the 56,539th most commonly held first name globally, held by 11,275 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4,514 people, or 1 in 39,243. In Nigeria Ele is primarily found in: Cross River, where 46 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 12 percent are found and Lagos, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 69 countries. It also occurs 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 through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ele last name expanded 2,109 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ele Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Ele surname are 11.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.54% registered to vote for 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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