Elegah Surname
Approximately 221 people bear this surname
Elegah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 219 | 1:808,871 | 36,014 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Elegah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elegah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elegah is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Elegah? popularity and diffusion
Elegah is the 1,104,724th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,975,321 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Elegah reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 219 people, or 1 in 808,871. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 26 percent live, Lagos, where 25 percent live and Ogun, where 13 percent live. Not including Nigeria Elegah occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 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 Elegah
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