Elekanachi Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Elekanachi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elekanachi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1141:1,553,88458,636
England41:13,929,515290,718
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Elekanachi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Elekanachi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Elekanachi is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Elekanachi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,666,404th most frequent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. Elekanachi is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Elekanachi are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Elekanachi is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 1,553,884. In Nigeria Elekanachi is most numerous in: Abia, where 50 percent reside, Rivers, where 12 percent reside and Edo, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 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 Elekanachi
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