Elegede Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Elegede Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 154 | 1:1,150,278 | 47,013 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
Elegede (13) may also be a first name.
Elegede Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elegede Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Elegede occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Elegede? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,369,340th most widespread surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Elegede live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 13 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 1,150,278. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 48 percent reside, Ogun, where 19 percent reside and Lagos, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eledgede | 93 | 1 | / |
| Eleguede | 93 | 1 | / |
| Elegeda | 86 | 154 | / |
| Elegide | 86 | 10 | / |
| Elesede | 86 | 5 | / |
| Olegede | 86 | 5 | / |
| Alegede | 86 | 1 | / |
| Aliegede | 80 | 4 | / |
| Elechede | 80 | 1 | / |
| Elegadde | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eletchede | 75 | 29 | / |
| Ologede | 71 | 184 | / |
| Eligedi | 71 | 71 | / |
| Oligede | 71 | 13 | / |
| Olagede | 71 | 10 | / |
| Eligeda | 71 | 6 | / |
| Elesedy | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ilogede | 71 | 3 | / |
| Elegida | 71 | 3 | / |
| Alegade | 71 | 2 | / |
| Elegidi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Elagide | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olegide | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aligede | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alogede | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alagede | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elejaide | 67 | 29 | / |
| Elligedi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Halegade | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eleseidi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Elegede
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis