Elemou Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Elemou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Elemou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elemou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Elemou occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Elemou.
How Common Is The Last Name Elemou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,798,600th most frequently used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. Elemou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Elemou reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Federal Capital Territory, where 36 percent are found, Ondo, where 21 percent are found and Lagos, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 44 percent are found and Niger, where 4 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 Elemou
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