Elejo Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Elejo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Elejo (302) may also be a first name.
Elejo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elejo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elejo is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elejo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Elejo is the 3,485,539th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Elejo is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Elejo live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Elejo is also the 506,891st most frequently occurring given name in the world, borne by 302 people.
The last name Elejo is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kogi, where 39 percent reside, Benue, where 21 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 18 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Elejo
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