Elesha Surname
Approximately 918 people bear this surname
Elesha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 836 | 1:211,893 | 12,594 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Micronesia | 4 | 1:26,561 | 731 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Elesha (1,587) may also be a first name.
Elesha Demographics
Average Elesha Salary in
United States
$23,719 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Elesha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elesha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Elesha occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Elesha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elesha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 386,702nd most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 7,938,503 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Elesha live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Elesha is also the 194,108th most common first name worldwide, held by 1,587 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 836 people, or 1 in 211,893. In Nigeria Elesha is primarily found in: Kaduna, where 18 percent live, Bauchi, where 17 percent live and Borno, where 13 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Elesha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Elesha last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
The amount Elesha earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 81.31% less than the national average, earning R 44,424 per year and in United States they earn 45.03% less than the national average, earning $23,719 USD per year.
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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 Elesha
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