Elekwanya Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Elekwanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 111 | 1:1,595,881 | 59,722 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
Elekwanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elekwanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elekwanya is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Elekwanya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elekwanya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,727,723rd most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Elekwanya reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 1,595,881. In Nigeria Elekwanya is primarily found in: Abia, where 44 percent live, Edo, where 28 percent live and Plateau, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Elekwanya occurs in one country. It also occurs in Finland, where 1 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 Elekwanya
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