Elemosho Surname

525,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 617 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Elemosho Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Elemosho Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6111:289,92316,281
England31:18,572,686338,250
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Elemosho (59) may also be a first name.

Elemosho Last Name Facts

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

Elemosho is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elemosho? popularity and diffusion

It is the 525,631st most common family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 11,811,258 people. The surname Elemosho occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Elemosho reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Elemosho is also the 1,282,666th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 59 people.

The surname Elemosho is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 611 people, or 1 in 289,923. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 40 percent live, Kwara, where 33 percent live and Ogun, where 9 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elemoso93212/
Elemesho8837/
Elemosah8815/
Elemasho8810/
Elemosoh882/
Elemosha881/
Elemosso881/
Elomosho881/
Elemosa8016/
Alemoso801/
Alimosho757/
Elemoussa712/
Alimoso67155/
Elemeso6728/
Alemosa676/
Alamoso675/
Elemesa672/
Elemaso671/
Ilamoso671/
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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 Elemosho
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