Ijele Surname
Approximately 555 people bear this surname
Ijele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 420 | 1:421,768 | 21,856 |
| Uganda | 120 | 1:325,327 | 21,922 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ijele (67) may also be a first name.
Ijele Demographics
Average Ijele Salary in
South Africa
R 91,968
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Ijele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ijele is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 568,972nd most widespread surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 13,130,713 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ijele are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ijele is also the 1,191,548th most widespread forename in the world, held by 67 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 420 people, or 1 in 421,768. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 35 percent live, Delta, where 11 percent live and Rivers, where 10 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 22 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.
Ijele Last Name Statistics demography
Ijele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.3% less than the national average, earning R 91,968 per year.
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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 Ijele
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