Elekea Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Elekea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Elekea (85) may also be a first name.
Elekea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elekea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elekea is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elekea? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Elekea live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Elekea is also the 1,039,322nd most frequently occurring forename internationally It is held by 85 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 100 percent live. Not including Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 25 percent live.
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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 Elekea
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