Elelegwu Surname
Approximately 279 people bear this surname
Elelegwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 278 | 1:637,204 | 30,060 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Elelegwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elelegwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Elelegwu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Elelegwu.
How Common Is The Last Name Elelegwu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 940,398th most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 26,120,236 people. The last name Elelegwu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Elelegwu live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Elelegwu is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 278 people, or 1 in 637,204. In Nigeria Elelegwu is most frequent in: Delta, where 73 percent live, Lagos, where 17 percent live and Rivers, where 2 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eleleagwu | 94 | 3 | / |
| Elelegu | 93 | 25 | / |
| Elelegw | 93 | 1 | / |
| Eleleagu | 88 | 3 | / |
| Elalgwu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Elelego | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eleleghe | 75 | 24 | / |
| Elelegha | 75 | 10 | / |
| Ilalegwu | 75 | 7 | / |
| Alalegwu | 75 | 4 | / |
| Elailgwu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Elwelikwu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ileliugwu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elelke | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elelkwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Alelegh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elelike | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eleleko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eleliga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elh Leggue | 67 | 1 | / |
| El Helgouy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yelelek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alolegu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olulegu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olelgwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ololegu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olilagwu | 63 | 5 | / |
| Oliliagwu | 59 | 6 | / |
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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 Elelegwu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis