Eleje Surname
Approximately 1,048 people bear this surname
Eleje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,020 | 1:173,669 | 10,740 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Eleje (557) may also be a first name.
Eleje Demographics
Average Eleje Salary in
United States
$61,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Eleje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eleje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Eleje occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eleje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Eleje is the 348,561st most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 6,953,765 people. Eleje is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Eleje live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Eleje is also the 356,380th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 557 people.
Eleje is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,020 people, or 1 in 173,669. In Nigeria Eleje is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 31 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 19 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 8 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Eleje exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Eleje Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Eleje surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
Eleje earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 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 Eleje
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