Elemaru Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Elemaru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elemaru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria831:2,134,25073,634
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Elemaru Last Name Facts

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

The surname Elemaru occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Elemaru? popularity and diffusion

Elemaru is the 2,007,164th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Elemaru reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 2,134,250. In Nigeria Elemaru is mostly found in: Lagos, where 58 percent are found, Abia, where 25 percent are found and Adamawa, where 14 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 3 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eleemaru931/
Olemaru86371/
Elimaru8643/
Alemaru8614/
Elemeru864/
Elemoru861/
Elemereu801/
Alemeru71518/
Alimaru71161/
Alemoru7129/
Olimaru7122/
Alamaru7112/
Ilemeru711/
Olamaru711/
Alamaaru672/
Allimaru671/
Olomoru577/
Alamoru571/
Alamooru5325/
Aalamooru505/

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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 Elemaru
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