Ifelaja Surname

767,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 371 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ireland

Ifelaja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ifelaja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3551:498,99424,920
Ireland151:313,92910,911
England11:55,718,059489,080

Ifelaja (13) may also be a first name.

Ifelaja Last Name Facts

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

Ifelaja is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ifelaja? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 767,694th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 19,642,981 people. The surname Ifelaja is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ifelaja reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ifelaja is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 13 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 355 people, or 1 in 498,994. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 48 percent are found, Lagos, where 30 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 4 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ifeslaja931/
Ifelaje863/
Ifelaya861/
Ifela8343/
Ifeloa7732/
Ifelayo7167/
Ifelojo719/
Haifela715/
Ifelaye713/
Efelaji713/
Ifeli671,401/
Ifele67453/
Efela67133/
Ifila6712/
Ifely672/
Ifealayo671/

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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 Ifelaja
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