Eliyasu Surname

1,022,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 247 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Eliyasu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Eliyasu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2191:808,87136,014
Cameroon241:865,37858,754
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Eliyasu (538) may also be a first name.

Eliyasu Last Name Facts

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

Eliyasu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Eliyasu? popularity and diffusion

Eliyasu is the 1,022,958th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. The last name Eliyasu is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Eliyasu are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 363,474th most frequent forename worldwide. It is borne by 538 people.

The surname Eliyasu is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 219 people, or 1 in 808,871. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Sokoto, where 11 percent reside, Gombe, where 10 percent reside and Bauchi, where 9 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 10 percent reside and Brazil, 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
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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 Eliyasu
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