Elegalam Surname

1,828,462nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Elegalam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elegalam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria951:1,864,66166,902
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080

Elegalam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Elegalam Come From? nationality or country of origin

Elegalam is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Elegalam? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,828,462nd most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Elegalam are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Elegalam is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 1,864,661. In Nigeria Elegalam is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 29 percent are found, Rivers, where 23 percent are found and Osun, where 15 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Elegalam Last Name Statistics demography

Elegalam earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 100.76% more than the national average, earning $86,625 USD 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
  • 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 Elegalam
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