Ijalaye Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Ijalaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Ijalaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijalaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ijalaye is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijalaye? popularity and diffusion
Ijalaye is the 2,979,664th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. Ijalaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ijalaye live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 4,217,685. In Nigeria Ijalaye is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 31 percent are found, Osun, where 29 percent are found and Ondo, where 19 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Scotland, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Ijalaye
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