Ilaija Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Ilaija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 180 | 1:984,126 | 41,775 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
Ilaija (127) may also be a first name.
Ilaija Demographics
Ilaija Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Ilaija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ilaija Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ilaija (Hindi: इलाइजा, Marathi: ईलाईजा) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ilaija? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,218,745th most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Ilaija live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 825,494th most widely held forename in the world, held by 127 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 984,126. In Nigeria Ilaija is most numerous in: Sokoto, where 40 percent reside, Imo, where 36 percent reside and Bauchi, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Ilaija Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Ilaija last name is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ilaija Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ilaija in the Hindi language | ||
| इलाइजा | ila'ija | - |
| Ilaija in the Marathi language | ||
| ईलाईजा | ila'ija | 40 |
| इलाइजा | ila'ija | 40 |
| ईलाइजा | ila'ija | 20 |
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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 Ilaija
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