Elefu Surname
Approximately 701 people bear this surname
Elefu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 455 | 1:119,072 | 14,155 |
| Kenya | 216 | 1:213,796 | 15,228 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Elefu (33) may also be a first name.
Elefu Demographics
Elefu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Elefu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elefu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elefu occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elefu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Elefu is the 476,893rd most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 10,395,929 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Elefu live; 65 percent live in Southern Africa and 65 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 33 people.
Elefu is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 455 people, or 1 in 119,072. In South Africa Elefu is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 53 percent live, Western Cape, where 30 percent live and Gauteng, where 15 percent live. Barring South Africa this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 31 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
Elefu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Elefu last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
Elefu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.33% less than the national average, earning R 96,648 per year.
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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 Elefu
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