Surname Эле (Ele 
, Elye 
, Эле 
) , all over the world, is a common last name. The last name Эле is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Cameroon, where it is quite a rare surname, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nigeria. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Nigeria, India, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Likewise, Эле is the forename as well as the last name.