Eleke Surname
Approximately 4,844 people bear this surname
Eleke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,753 | 1:64,345 | 4,733 |
| DR Congo | 1,813 | 1:40,750 | 5,011 |
| Cameroon | 129 | 1:161,001 | 17,453 |
| Congo | 63 | 1:79,192 | 6,869 |
| Lesotho | 23 | 1:88,372 | 10,414 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Eleke (437) may also be a first name.
Eleke Demographics
Average Eleke Salary in
United States
$50,646 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Eleke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eleke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eleke is found most in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eleke? popularity and diffusion
Eleke is the 97,923rd most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,504,448 people. The surname Eleke occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Eleke live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 410,164th most numerous forename worldwide It is held by 437 people.
The surname Eleke is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,753 people, or 1 in 64,345. In Nigeria Eleke is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 31 percent reside, Abia, where 19 percent reside and Enugu, where 10 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 37 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
Eleke Last Name Statistics demography
Eleke earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.37% more than the national average, earning $50,646 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 Eleke
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