Eliwe Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Eliwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 76 | 1:2,330,826 | 78,393 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Eliwe (103) may also be a first name.
Eliwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eliwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Eliwe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮ) is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eliwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Eliwe is the 1,894,523rd most common last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. The last name Eliwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Eliwe are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 930,172nd most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 103 people.
The surname Eliwe is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 2,330,826. In Nigeria Eliwe is most prevalent in: Benue, where 91 percent live, Abia, where 8 percent live and Enugu, where 1 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 9 percent live and Qatar, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eliwe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eliwe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮ | alyw | - |
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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 Eliwe
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