Elerewe Surname

661,581st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 454 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Elerewe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elerewe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4511:392,77820,683
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Elerewe (17) may also be a first name.

Elerewe Last Name Facts

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

Elerewe is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elerewe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Elerewe is the 661,581st most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 16,051,863 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Elerewe are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Elerewe is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 17 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 451 people, or 1 in 392,778. In Nigeria Elerewe is most common in: Ondo, where 50 percent reside, Lagos, where 16 percent reside and Oyo, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Elerewe exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alerewe863/
Elerawe861/
Elereibe801/
Eleribe71105/
Eleriwa716/
Oleriwe714/
Hellerhowe711/
Elirebe711/
Elherawi672/
Oloriewe671/
Aloriwe57278/
Eleribi571/
Elharawy534/
Aleurawi534/
Eleraiby531/
Olarewajh501/

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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 Elerewe
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