Elekoun Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Elekoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 167 | 1:61,890 | 7,616 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Elekoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elekoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elekoun is most common in Benin. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Elekoun? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,333,288th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Elekoun live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 167 people, or 1 in 61,890. In Benin it is most frequent in: Donga Department, where 82 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 14 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 2 percent are found. Not including Benin Elekoun is found in one country. It is also common in Chad, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elekun | 92 | 60 | / |
| Elekon | 92 | 12 | / |
| Elekoum | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hellekon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Helekoon | 80 | 0 | / |
| Elekan | 77 | 126 | / |
| Ilekun | 77 | 15 | / |
| Elecon | 77 | 8 | / |
| Ilekon | 77 | 3 | / |
| Elikon | 77 | 2 | / |
| Elekum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ellekoten | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gelekan | 71 | 99 | / |
| Ilekoin | 71 | 18 | / |
| Ellekotten | 71 | 17 | / |
| Elickon | 71 | 5 | / |
| Eleykan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eleekan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gelikon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eleukhan | 67 | 26 | / |
| Helekcan | 67 | 16 | / |
| Oylekune | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ellecone | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ojlekune | 67 | 2 | / |
| Geelecon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Helekaan | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Elekoun
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