Eligi Surname
Approximately 1,184 people bear this surname
Eligi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 906 | 1:58,434 | 6,316 |
| DR Congo | 171 | 1:432,044 | 35,878 |
| India | 59 | 1:13,001,108 | 227,026 |
| Argentina | 31 | 1:1,378,820 | 78,351 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Eligi (267) may also be a first name.
Eligi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eligi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Eligi is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Eligi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 316,633rd most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,155,022 people. The surname Eligi occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Eligi are found; 77 percent are found in East Africa and 77 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Eligi is also the 544,256th most common forename throughout the world It is held by 267 people.
Eligi is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 906 people, or 1 in 58,434. In Tanzania it is most common in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 49 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 24 percent live and Mtwara Region, where 10 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
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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 Eligi
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