Anigilaje Surname

395,841st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 891 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Anigilaje Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Anigilaje Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8821:200,84212,034
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England31:18,572,686338,250
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Anigilaje (28) may also be a first name.

Anigilaje Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Anigilaje Come From? nationality or country of origin

Anigilaje is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Anigilaje? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 395,841st most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 8,179,064 people. The surname Anigilaje occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Anigilaje reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Anigilaje is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 28 people.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 882 people, or 1 in 200,842. In Nigeria Anigilaje is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 30 percent live, Oyo, where 24 percent live and Ekiti, where 18 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ainigilaje952/
Anigilaaje951/
Anoigilaje951/
Anijgilaje951/
Anigilage8911/
Anigelaje898/
Onigilaje891/
Anijilaje891/
Anijilage783/
Anigileja783/
Aniciley711/
Aniselaye674/
Anigiloyo671/
Aniseleye562/

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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 Anigilaje
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