Elempe Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Elempe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elempe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1431:1,238,76149,638
Cameroon101:2,076,907105,188
England11:55,718,059489,080

Elempe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Elempe is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Elempe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,409,418th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. The last name Elempe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Elempe live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Elempe is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 143 people, or 1 in 1,238,761. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Osun, where 61 percent reside, Edo, where 24 percent reside and Delta, where 8 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 6 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elemp917/
Elmpe911/
Elenpe8344/
Elimpe8323/
Elempa8317/
Elampe834/
Ilempe831/
Olempe831/
Elenper773/
Helembp771/
Alempee771/
Elebe732,064/
Eleve73151/
Elbee7336/
Elmpt7330/
Elvee7313/
Almpe731/
Elemb731/
Ilemp731/
Ellamppe714/
Gelebe67376/
Elbeeh67305/
Helebe67209/
Ellebe67131/
Ilempa6782/
Alempi6781/
Alampe6752/
Elebee6731/
Heleve6717/
Ehlebe6716/
Eelvee6713/
Elebes6712/
Elbeer6710/
Eleibe678/
Eleber677/
Elleve677/
Eleeba676/
Elimpa674/
Elgemb674/
Elevey673/
Olimpe673/
Alompe673/
Eliebe672/
Helemb672/
Elivee672/
Elebed672/
Elibee672/
Eleveh672/
Eleube671/
Olempy671/
Olampe671/
Elymph671/
Ilompe671/
Elejbe671/
Elebey671/
Elebge671/
Elbeet671/
Alempy671/
Elebie671/
Elebea671/
Gelemb671/
Gelbee671/
Ellvee670/

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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 Elempe
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