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) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Elé, Elê, Éle or Élè. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ele is the 49,301st most widely held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 698,108 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Ele reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ele is also the 56,539th most frequent given name in the world, borne by 11,275 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,514 people, or 1 in 39,243. In Nigeria Ele is primarily found in: Cross River, where 46 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 12 percent reside and Lagos, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 69 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 19 percent reside and India, where 14 percent reside.
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 surname expanded 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 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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