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 found most in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Eleshi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eleshi? popularity and diffusion
Eleshi is the 1,257,535th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. The last name Eleshi is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Eleshi live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 956,749th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 98 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 1,451,990. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 30 percent reside, Cross River, where 26 percent reside and Ogun, where 16 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs 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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