Ilefa Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Ilefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Ilefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ilefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ilefa is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ilefa? popularity and diffusion
Ilefa is the 2,091,648th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ilefa are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria Ilefa is primarily found in: Cross River, where 74 percent live, Yobe, where 14 percent live and Lagos, where 7 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 26 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilefas | 91 | 1 | / |
| Jilefa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Iliefa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ilafa | 80 | 458 | / |
| Ilefo | 80 | 246 | / |
| Ilofa | 80 | 123 | / |
| Ilifa | 80 | 65 | / |
| Elefa | 80 | 13 | / |
| Ulefa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ilefi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ujlefa | 73 | 30 | / |
| Iloffa | 73 | 20 | / |
| Ilafah | 73 | 12 | / |
| Ilhafa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Jilafa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Elefas | 73 | 5 | / |
| Elefat | 73 | 4 | / |
| Jilifa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Elhefa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Eleffa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ailefe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Elaefa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ajlefa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eleufa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Életfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hilifa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iliofa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ileffe | 73 | 0 | / |
| Hulaefa | 67 | 19 | / |
| Elheffa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ellefai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ilhefer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Illifat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jilafay | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Ilefa
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