Bilkisu Surname
Approximately 2,468 people bear this surname
Bilkisu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,429 | 1:72,928 | 5,246 |
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bilkisu (69,920) may also be a first name.
Bilkisu Demographics
Bilkisu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Bilkisu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bilkisu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bilkisu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bilkisu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 173,974th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,952,814 people. The last name Bilkisu is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bilkisu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bilkisu is also the 13,886th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 69,920 people.
The surname Bilkisu is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,429 people, or 1 in 72,928. In Nigeria Bilkisu is most numerous in: Katsina, where 22 percent live, Kano, where 15 percent live and Kaduna, where 13 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Bilkisu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Muslim (95%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bilkisou | 93 | 28 | / |
| Bilkisuu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Bilkissu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Blkisu | 92 | 5 | / |
| Bilkissou | 88 | 5,111 | / |
| Belkisu | 86 | 12 | / |
| Bilkusu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Bilkesu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Bilqisu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Blkisui | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bilkhissou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Belkisou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bilkissssou | 78 | 1 | / |
| Belkissou | 75 | 4 | / |
| Bilquissou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bilqeesu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Belkhessous | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Bilkisu
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