Elemi Surname
Approximately 3,543 people bear this surname
Elemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,346 | 1:52,942 | 4,048 |
| Italy | 78 | 1:784,060 | 62,950 |
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Elemi (1,274) may also be a first name.
Elemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elemi (Oriya: ଏେଲମୀ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Elemi.
How Common Is The Last Name Elemi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 127,977th most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,056,886 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Elemi are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 220,923rd most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,274 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,346 people, or 1 in 52,942. In Nigeria Elemi is most common in: Cross River, where 76 percent live, Ondo, where 6 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 2 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Elemi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elemi in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏେଲମୀ | eelami | - |
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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 Elemi
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