Elecha Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Elecha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
Elecha (93) may also be a first name.
Elecha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elecha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elecha occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elecha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Elecha reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 986,211th most common first name on earth It is held by 93 people.
The surname Elecha is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 71 percent live, Gombe, where 14 percent live and Rivers, where 14 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 30 percent live.
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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 Elecha
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