Where Does The Last Name Eleja Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Eleja (Hindi: एलेजा, Oriya: ଏେଲଜା) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Eleja? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 730,373^rd most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,356,539 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Eleja are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 488,148^th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 323 people.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 343 people, or 1 in 516,451. In Nigeria Eleja is most numerous in: Kwara, where 33 percent reside, Ekiti, where 15 percent reside and Ogun, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 percent reside.