Elime Surname
Approximately 381 people bear this surname
Elime Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 301 | 1:69,000 | 8,680 |
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Elimé (1) are calculated separately.
Elime (202) may also be a first name.
Elime Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elime Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elime is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Elimé. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Elime? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 752,779th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 19,127,417 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Elime are found; 78 percent are found in Central Africa and 78 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 637,340th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 202 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 301 people, or 1 in 69,000. In Cameroon Elime is most common in: Centre Region, where 44 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 33 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 10 percent are found and India, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Elime
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