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
Elesha Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Elesha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elesha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elesha is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Elesha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 386,702nd most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 7,938,503 people. The last name Elesha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Elesha reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Elesha is also the 194,108th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 1,587 people.
The surname Elesha is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 836 people, or 1 in 211,893. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kaduna, where 18 percent live, Bauchi, where 17 percent live and Borno, where 13 percent live. Beside Nigeria it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Elesha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname 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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