Ilechie Surname

523,789th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 620 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ilechie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ilechie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6011:294,74716,538
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Ilechie Last Name Facts

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

Ilechie is found most in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ilechie? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ilechie is the 523,789th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 11,754,106 people. The surname Ilechie is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ilechie live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Ilechie is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 601 people, or 1 in 294,747. In Nigeria Ilechie is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 57 percent reside, Lagos, where 19 percent reside and Edo, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Ilechie is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Ilechie Last Name Statistics demography

Ilechie earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 22.15% more than the national average, earning $52,708 USD 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
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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 Ilechie
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