Elekou Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Elekou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 1:1,153,562 | 26,783 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Elekou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elekou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elekou is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elekou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Elekou is the 3,730,171st most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Elekou are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 1,153,562. In The Ivory Coast Elekou is most frequent in: Lagunes District, where 75 percent reside and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 25 percent reside. Aside from The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 18 percent reside and Niger, where 7 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 Elekou
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