Elewe Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Elewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 202 | 1:876,944 | 38,283 |
| Mauritania | 57 | 1:71,840 | 4,858 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Eléwe (11) are calculated separately.
Elewe (27) may also be a first name.
Elewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elewe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Eléwe. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Elewe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 945,594th most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Elewe live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently occurring forename internationally It is held by 27 people.
The last name Elewe is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 876,944. In Nigeria Elewe is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 17 percent are found, Lagos, where 16 percent are found and Ogun, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 21 percent are found and Benin, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Elewe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elewe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮ | alyw | 75.68 |
| ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮﻩ | alywh | 10.81 |
| ﺃﻋﻠﻴﻮ | alyw | 5.41 |
| ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮﺍ | alywa | 2.7 |
| ﺃﻋﻠﻴﻮﻩ | alywh | 2.7 |
| ﺍﻟﻠﻮ | allw | 2.7 |
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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 Elewe
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