Eleyele Surname

527,543rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 614 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Eleyele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Eleyele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5801:305,41917,008
Benin321:322,98825,835
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Eleyele (100) may also be a first name.

Eleyele Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Eleyele Come From? nationality or country of origin

Eleyele (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻠﻴﻞ) occurs most in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Eleyele? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 527,543rd most frequent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 11,868,967 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Eleyele are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Eleyele is also the 946,056th most widespread first name internationally, held by 100 people.

The surname Eleyele is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 580 people, or 1 in 305,419. In Nigeria Eleyele is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 37 percent reside, Lagos, where 21 percent reside and Osun, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Eleyele occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 5 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yeleyele934/
Eleyel9241/
Eleele924/
Eleyle922/
Elyele921/
Eluyele8635/
Oleyele8615/
El'eyel866/
Eleyell862/
Elyel831/
Eleyl831/
Eleel831/
Jelejele8013/
Elyeli7779/
Eliyel7738/
Eleile7732/
Elejel7717/
Elayle776/
Geleel775/
Elleel774/
Heleel774/
Ellyel773/
Elayel772/
Eleyil772/
Eleiel772/
Elleyl772/
Eleell771/
Eleyli771/
Elyiel771/
Elheel771/
Helayel71696/
Olayele71662/
Elaweel71183/
Oluyele71180/
Elhayel71136/
Eluyela7143/
Ehlayel7129/
Elayela7117/
Oloyele7111/
Eleyala716/
Aliyele714/
Elheely714/
Heleile714/
Jeleeli713/
Elejale711/
Helayle711/
Geleile711/
Eleules711/
Eluyole711/
Aleyale711/
Eliyell711/
Eliyela711/
Eleille711/
Eleiles711/
Elale67732/
Eliel67565/
Helayhel67286/
Elile6754/
Eleil6710/
Heleihel676/
Elael676/
Eleal675/
Halleyle673/
Eliyella673/
Hellayel672/
Eileilei671/
Allayele671/
Elejoles671/
Elayiela671/

Eleyele Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Eleyele in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻠﻴﻞallyl-

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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
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  • 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 Eleyele
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