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
Ilefa is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ilefa? popularity and diffusion
Ilefa is the 2,091,648th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ilefa live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Cross River, where 74 percent are found, Yobe, where 14 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 26 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
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
- 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 Ilefa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis