Elekwachi Surname

153,254th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,869 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Elekwachi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elekwachi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,8101:63,0404,655
United States401:9,061,473385,835
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
England41:13,929,515290,718
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Elekwachi (428) may also be a first name.

Elekwachi Last Name Facts

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

Elekwachi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elekwachi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Elekwachi is the 153,254th most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,540,100 people. The surname Elekwachi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Elekwachi reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 415,075th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 428 people.

This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,810 people, or 1 in 63,040. In Nigeria Elekwachi is mostly found in: Abia, where 43 percent are found, Rivers, where 12 percent are found and Lagos, where 12 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Elekwachi Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Elekwachi last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

The amount Elekwachi earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 59.08% less than the national average, earning R 97,236 per year and in United States they earn 51.46% more than the national average, earning $65,353 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 Elekwachi
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