Eleme Surname
Approximately 935 people bear this surname
Eleme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 590 | 1:35,202 | 4,731 |
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| Nigeria | 141 | 1:1,256,332 | 50,205 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Elémé (1) are calculated separately.
Eleme (399) may also be a first name.
Eleme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eleme Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eleme occurs most in Cameroon. It may also occur as: Elémé. Click here for other potential spellings of Eleme.
How Common Is The Last Name Eleme? popularity and diffusion
Eleme is the 381,197th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 7,794,167 people. Eleme occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Eleme live; 81 percent live in Central Africa and 78 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Eleme is also the 432,205th most commonly used forename globally, held by 399 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 590 people, or 1 in 35,202. In Cameroon Eleme is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 72 percent live, Littoral Region, where 13 percent live and East Region, where 5 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 18 percent live and Nigeria, where 15 percent live.
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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 Eleme
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