Elemaya Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Elemaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Elemaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elemaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elemaya is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Elemaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elemaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Elemaya live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Elemaya is most common in: Rivers, where 60 percent are found and Lagos, where 40 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Elemaya
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