Elelei Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Elelei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
Elelei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elelei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elelei occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Elelei.
How Common Is The Last Name Elelei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,580,327th most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The last name Elelei occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Elelei are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 3,615,158. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 98 percent reside and Rivers, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 13 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
- 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 Elelei
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