Elekan Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Elekan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 87 | 1:2,036,124 | 71,256 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
The alternate forms: Èlekan (1) are calculated separately.
Elekan (12) may also be a first name.
Elekan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elekan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elekan is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Èlekan. For other possible spellings of Elekan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elekan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Elekan is the 1,604,449th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Elekan live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 12 people.
The surname Elekan is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 2,036,124. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ondo, where 64 percent reside, Ekiti, where 18 percent reside and Ogun, where 13 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 11 percent reside and France, where 10 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
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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 Elekan
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