Eluke Surname
Approximately 1,513 people bear this surname
Eluke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,355 | 1:130,733 | 8,501 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Eluke (54) may also be a first name.
Eluke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eluke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Eluke is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Eluke.
How Common Is The Last Name Eluke? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 259,764th most numerous family name on earth, held by around 1 in 4,816,620 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Eluke reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Eluke is also the 1,350,955th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 54 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,355 people, or 1 in 130,733. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Enugu, where 65 percent reside, Rivers, where 12 percent reside and Lagos, where 6 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Eluke
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