Elekwuwa Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Elekwuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 103 | 1:1,719,833 | 63,088 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Elekwuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elekwuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elekwuwa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Elekwuwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Elekwuwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Elekwuwa is the 1,806,862nd most widespread surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. The surname Elekwuwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Elekwuwa live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Elekwuwa is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 1,719,833. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 42 percent reside, Abia, where 38 percent reside and Enugu, where 10 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Elekwuwa is found in one country. It also occurs in Scotland, where 1 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
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- 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 Elekwuwa
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