Elegam Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Elegam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
Elegam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elegam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elegam (Marathi: गम) occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elegam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Elegam is the 4,307,654th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Elegam live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Elegam is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 100 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 24 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elegham | 92 | 10 | / |
| Elegame | 92 | 1 | / |
| Elegamhe | 86 | 2 | / |
| Elagam | 83 | 221 | / |
| Elegan | 83 | 93 | / |
| Alegam | 83 | 51 | / |
| Eligam | 83 | 17 | / |
| Ilegam | 83 | 8 | / |
| Eleghasim | 80 | 95 | / |
| Gelleegam | 80 | 1 | / |
| Elegant | 77 | 173 | / |
| Ellegan | 77 | 67 | / |
| Gelegan | 77 | 36 | / |
| Eleghan | 77 | 22 | / |
| Ellagam | 77 | 11 | / |
| Ealagam | 77 | 7 | / |
| Helegan | 77 | 6 | / |
| Aelagam | 77 | 5 | / |
| Elhagam | 77 | 4 | / |
| Jeligam | 77 | 3 | / |
| Elegang | 77 | 2 | / |
| Allegam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aalegam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gilegam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Illegam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ellheigham | 75 | 0 | / |
| Gellegan | 71 | 268 | / |
| Ellegant | 71 | 18 | / |
| Hellegan | 71 | 11 | / |
| Jeeligam | 71 | 4 | / |
| Eleigoum | 71 | 1 | / |
| Heilegan | 71 | 0 | / |
| Heleghan | 71 | 0 | / |
| Eligan | 67 | 558 | / |
| Aligam | 67 | 501 | / |
| Alagam | 67 | 82 | / |
| Elegon | 67 | 57 | / |
| Ilagam | 67 | 54 | / |
| Ilegan | 67 | 39 | / |
| Elegonova | 67 | 8 | / |
| Olagam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Helleghan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ologam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elogom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heeleghan | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gelleghan | 67 | 0 | / |
Elegam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elegam in the Marathi language | ||
| गम | gama | - |
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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 Elegam
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