Elegbede Surname

22,777th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23,845 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Elegbede Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elegbede Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria16,1981:10,9361,141
Benin7,3781:1,401171
England1221:456,70530,074
United States561:6,472,481306,764
Ivory Coast281:823,97321,823
Burkina Faso171:1,079,53510,589
Niger91:2,132,44640,124
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Iceland21:190,0456,825
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
France21:33,211,361423,184
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: Elégbédé (2) & Élégbédé (10) are calculated separately.

Elegbede (319) may also be a first name.

Elegbede Last Name Facts

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

The last name Elegbede is found most in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms: Elégbédé or Élégbédé. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elegbede? popularity and diffusion

The last name Elegbede is the 22,777th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 305,622 people. Elegbede occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Elegbede live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 491,536th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 319 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 16,198 people, or 1 in 10,936. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ogun, where 60 percent live, Lagos, where 23 percent live and Oyo, where 8 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 31 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Elegbede Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Elegbede last name is principally Christian (74%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Elegbede surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Elegbede earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 38.99% more than the national average, earning $59,971 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
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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 Elegbede
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