Elebe Surname
Approximately 2,064 people bear this surname
Elebe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,318 | 1:134,403 | 8,697 |
| DR Congo | 534 | 1:138,351 | 14,711 |
| Cameroon | 135 | 1:153,845 | 16,852 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Elebê (1) & Elébé (1) are calculated separately.
Elebe (124) may also be a first name.
Elebe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elebe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elebe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Elebê or Elébé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elebe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 201,907th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,530,788 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Elebe reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 836,439th most numerous given name on earth, borne by 124 people.
The surname Elebe is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,318 people, or 1 in 134,403. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ebonyi, where 35 percent are found, Rivers, where 11 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 11 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 26 percent are found and Cameroon, where 7 percent are found.
Elebe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Elebe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Elebe last name expanded 1,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Elebe
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