Eleshi Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Eleshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 122 | 1:1,451,990 | 55,913 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Eleshi (98) may also be a first name.
Eleshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eleshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eleshi is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Eleshi.
How Common Is The Last Name Eleshi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,257,535th most common family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Eleshi reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 956,749th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 98 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 1,451,990. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 30 percent reside, Cross River, where 26 percent reside and Ogun, where 16 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 30 percent reside and Egypt, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Eleshi
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