Eleweke Surname
Approximately 370 people bear this surname
Eleweke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 344 | 1:514,950 | 25,488 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
Eleweke (17) may also be a first name.
Eleweke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eleweke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eleweke occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eleweke? popularity and diffusion
Eleweke is the 769,129th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,696,070 people. The surname Eleweke occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Eleweke live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 17 people.
The surname Eleweke is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 344 people, or 1 in 514,950. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Abia, where 56 percent live, Lagos, where 11 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 8 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eleweuke | 93 | 1 | / |
| Aleweke | 86 | 1 | / |
| Elewake | 86 | 1 | / |
| Oleweike | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eleiwike | 80 | 1 | / |
| Heleweck | 80 | 0 | / |
| Elewik | 77 | 1 | / |
| Elevek | 77 | 0 | / |
| Olewike | 71 | 37 | / |
| Elebike | 71 | 8 | / |
| Elebeck | 71 | 7 | / |
| Elebeki | 71 | 3 | / |
| Elewyck | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ellebek | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aloweke | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elewick | 71 | 0 | / |
| Elewechi | 67 | 170 | / |
| Olewuike | 67 | 168 | / |
| Hellebek | 67 | 28 | / |
| Olowoeke | 67 | 19 | / |
| Ellebeck | 67 | 5 | / |
| Elebuike | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elleswyk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Helewegh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hellewyk | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Eleweke
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