Elechi Surname
Approximately 20,808 people bear this surname
Elechi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 20,488 | 1:8,646 | 965 |
| Benin | 165 | 1:62,640 | 7,708 |
| England | 58 | 1:960,656 | 48,451 |
| United States | 52 | 1:6,970,364 | 322,914 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Elechi (1,856) may also be a first name.
Elechi Demographics
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Elechi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elechi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Elechi (Hindi: एलेची) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elechi? popularity and diffusion
Elechi is the 25,868th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 350,228 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Elechi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 176,817th most prevalent forename throughout the world It is held by 1,856 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 20,488 people, or 1 in 8,646. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 25 percent live, Rivers, where 19 percent live and Anambra, where 14 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Elechi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Elechi surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.14% being registered with the political party.
Elechi earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.74% more than the national average, earning $43,898 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Elechi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elechi in the Hindi language | ||
| एलेची | eleci | - |
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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 Elechi
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