Elshama Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Elshama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 72 | 1:2,460,316 | 81,464 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Elshama (24) may also be a first name.
Elshama Demographics
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Elshama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elshama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elshama is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Elshama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elshama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,980,395th most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Elshama are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Elshama is also the 2,187,323rd most prevalent given name world-wide It is held by 24 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 2,460,316. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Adamawa, where 92 percent live, Gombe, where 7 percent live and Enugu, where 1 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent live and Egypt, where 1 percent live.
Elshama Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Elshama surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
Elshama earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.
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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 Elshama
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