Elikanah Surname

1,328,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Elikanah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elikanah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1471:1,205,05348,659
Kenya201:2,308,99536,653
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Elikanah (588) may also be a first name.

Elikanah Last Name Facts

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

Elikanah has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elikanah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,328,442nd most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Elikanah are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 345,036th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 588 people.

The last name Elikanah is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 147 people, or 1 in 1,205,053. In Nigeria Elikanah is mostly found in: Ondo, where 50 percent reside, Lagos, where 17 percent reside and Adamawa, where 12 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 12 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.

Elikanah Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Elikanah surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Elikanah
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